Finally Completed My Engine Rebuild For My 300SD - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

Scruffyguy1981 · #1 02-11-2010, 03:11 PM

Hey guys--some of you may remember a long time ago when I started this project. Well I'm happy to say it's finally done and the engine is just waiting to go back into the car. It was a complete tear down, hot tank, new liners, rings, bearings, etc etc. Many many many hours cleaning detailing and painting (some stuff was just to stubborn to come off). Here's some pictures of the completed engine.

rrgrassi · #2 02-11-2010, 03:15 PM

Looks great! If you do not mind my asking, how much did just the engine rebuild cost?

tbomachines · #3 02-11-2010, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by rrgrassi

Looks great! If you do not mind my asking, how much did just the engine rebuild cost?

x2 on this question...

Looks VERY good, I don't think I've ever seen an OM617 that clean

compu_85 · #4 02-11-2010, 03:48 PM

I love how you painted the valve cover, but polished the star. How did you accomplish that?

-Jason

dadette123 · #5 02-11-2010, 04:14 PM

Wow! Factory fresh. All that great work...well, you need a brand new fan

compu_85 · #6 02-11-2010, 04:21 PM

Or paint it

oldsinner111 · #7 02-11-2010, 04:28 PM

I will mail you a engine for you to build.Naw I'd say that was a good job.

fred98050 · #8 02-11-2010, 04:49 PM

Wow!

Your hard work paid off, it looks fantastic.

Congratulations.

barry123400 · #9 02-11-2010, 05:30 PM

A really clean engine seems to run better. My wife is always somewhat critical of my cleaning up abilities. I can now show her your pictures and one of my engine bays.

I imagine the challenge of doing it better than you might motivate her to try. You have to know I also believe pigs can fly...

I regularily bring cars home from the car auctions that have been cleaned and detailed to the point I really do not want to get in them. I almost always hear that it's too bad they cannot do a better job from her. Yet the insides of my average daily driver/construction car are usually a disaster.

Hope the engine runs out as well as it looks.

mplafleur · #10 02-11-2010, 05:16 PM

Good work!

Now just to get it in....

MBZ123 · #11 02-11-2010, 07:20 PM

x3 on the final $ tally.

Superb by the way.

FNHB

PS Thanx for the reference pix.

barry123400 · #12 02-11-2010, 11:22 PM

[QUOTE=MBZ123;2403737]x3 on the final $ tally

This may bring up the old expression of if you have to ask the price. You really do not want to do it.

It can be less painful to the mind if you do not keep track as you go along as well. Just a few hundred here and there is all you will remember.

The block was well seasoned before the rebuid so hopefully with regular oil changes the engine will now go past 300k more.

bbboomer · #13 02-12-2010, 01:20 AM

SWEET is all that applies or needs to be said!

LUVMBDiesels · #14 02-12-2010, 05:57 AM

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Originally Posted by bbboomer

SWEET is all that applies or needs to be said!

Exactly!

rrgrassi · #15 02-12-2010, 01:44 PM

[QUOTE=barry123400;2403878]

Quote:

Originally Posted by MBZ123

x3 on the final $ tally

This may bring up the old expression of if you have to ask the price. You really do not want to do it.

It can be less painful to the mind if you do not keep track as you go along as well. Just a few hundred here and there is all you will remember.

The block was well seasoned before the rebuid so hopefully with regular oil changes the engine will now go past 300k more.

I want to know purely for the cost of removing and pressing in new sleeves. Was it cost effective to DIY or would one be bettereserved buyinga Metric Motors rebuild...