stevebfl, you are right: I'm a noob who just got his first M-B about a month ago. I'm a halfway-decent mechanic, but my primary experience is with American cars, although I've done my own work on the Porsche and the Jaguar that I owned. The reason I was asking about the possible M-B engine pull is that that's how you'd fix an American car with a bad transmission front seal. You'd pull the engine and leave the tranny in place. So what is it about the 420SEL that makes it easier to pull the transmission than the engine?

Thanks.

retro