I'm removing the engine because it has a rod end sticking out of a hole in the side of the block. (next to the starter)

The trans has 312,000 miles on it, so if I'm going to rebuild the engine, I might as well put a good trans in it. I don't want to be pulling the trans out after I put the engine back in.

I'll probably pull it with a chain hoist or a good sized come-along. Probably the former rather than the latter. I have a digital camera and will take a liberal amount of pictures. I did the same with my m103 rebuild.

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Michael LaFleur

'05 E320 CDI - 86,000 miles
'86 300SDL - 360,000 miles
'85 300SD - 150,000 miles (sold)
'89 190D - 120,000 miles (sold)
'85 300SD - 317,000 miles (sold)
'98 ML320 - 270,000 miles (sold)
'75 300D - 170,000 miles (sold)
'83 Harley Davidson FLTC (Broken again) :-(
'61 Plymouth Valiant - 60k mikes
2004 Papillon (Oliver)
2005 Tzitzu (Griffon)
2009 Welsh Corgi (Buba)