HELLO TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. NEW TO THIS MERC GAME.... JUST PICKED UP A 1985 230E (GRAY MARKET OBVIOUSLY) HAD A BAD HYD EXH TAPPET SO WAS RUNNING TERRIBLE! HENCE THE $250.00 PRICE. NEW LIFTER AND V-COVER GASKET ($25) AND SHE PURRS LIKE A CAT ! BUT FOUND A 6" PART OF THE TENSIONER RAIL LAYING UP IN THE HEAD SO I GUESS I'LL BE CRACKING THE FRONT OPEN AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR!