Good deal soypwrd, welcome. Another bean burner I'm guessing =] My E300 has had b20 since may 01
Removing the manifold is 10000 times easier than on a TDI! The tdi is way more involved and the bolts are impossible to reach etc, and you have to take off a lot of pipes. The E is just simply all the bolts on top(easy) and two from the bottom!