Engine rebuild with no former experience........

Racediagnostics wrote: I purchased this engine stand ..... Rather than this one ..... After watching this video .....

I wouldn't blame the engine stand for what happened. I mean, lifting up one leg of the engine stand while the engine is already resting on it ("It's no weight on the crane right now!"), was not a really good idea of "EricTheCarGuy".

Regards, Lutz

Rudiger wrote: Jim, to overhaul an engine is pretty straight forward. Basically intake manifold, heads and block. Get the specs and tolerances and you are good. WIS should be in eye side.

Remember wisely-53 Thorsten overhauled a transmission. He is a pencil pusher at the fed. Government. WIS will help.
Btw, I wouldn’t touch a damn automatic transmission with a 10 foot pole
Rudiger

Thanks Rudiger for "pencil-puscher"

wusel-53 wrote:

Rudiger wrote: Jim, to overhaul an engine is pretty straight forward. Basically intake manifold, heads and block. Get the specs and tolerances and you are good. WIS should be in eye side.

Remember wisely-53 Thorsten overhauled a transmission. He is a pencil pusher at the fed. Government. WIS will help.
Btw, I wouldn’t touch a damn automatic transmission with a 10 foot pole
Rudiger

Thanks Rudiger for "pencil-puscher"

Thorsten, You are very welcome .

I had been hoping to leave the middle and back exhaust box in place, but realised today that the prop shaft nut is above the middle box and heat shield. I will have to rethink that plan, perhaps with a bit of leverage I may still be able to get to it. Has anyone else managed with the middle box in place?

Anyway today, lots more disassembly.

Steering drag link ball joint removed at one side to help with the clearance for the transmission.



Earth strap disconnected.



Heat shields out and right downpipe, the left downpipe is in a restricted place and does not want to come out yet.



Engine mount bolts next.



Then the engine dampers.



Throttle linkage, oil pressure gauge and coolant hoses disconnected.



Brake booster vac line.



Wiring harness at the front and rear disconnected.



I remember when I put this engine in ten years ago that the crane chains came close to the fuel injector pipes so I decided to remove it first as its only held on by four nuts.

I have a couple of other questions, first, should there be a rubber boot around the throttle lever in the bulkhead here?



And second, can the front pully be removed from the harmonic balancer by removing these smaller bolts? I was surprised to see that one was missing.

Hi Jim,

around the lever there is a rubber boot, see on my 1986 300 SL