Gonna take all the accessories off of my 617 motor in my 126 ('81 300SD) and put them on the new/used block I got at a boneyard out of a '79 116 300SD. The odo read 113K, the interior was in good shape and it landed there because of a hard sideswipe on the passenger side. I turned the motor with a wrench just in case -- felt smooth.

I'm wondering how much I should do after I put the block in and how much before. Seems like if I carefully took most of it off while the old block is in the car, took off existing stuff from new/used block, and then put in the stripped block it would be easier to get back in. Less weight and stuff in the way.

I can easily imagine that this might be advantageous for some items and not so for others. Anyone know? This is my first Benz and I've never had the engine out.

Also, any idea on what gaskets I should by up front? I can guess on several but I imagine there are some I don't know about.

I've already been told that I need to put the exhaust manifold and turbo from my old engine onto this 116 item. May as well swap everything. Not sure how to determine which components are superior from which engine. Coincidentally, the exhaust man. and turbo were missing at the boneyard but everything else was still bolted on.

__________________
Te futueo et caballum tuum

1986 300SDL, 362K
1984 300D, 138K