Harvey,

That's a tall order, these cars have such an overwhelming amount of raw horsepower, that it's very difficult not to "break 'em loose" every time you leave a stop sign.<g>

Have anice day,

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Larry Bible
'84 Euro 240D, 523K miles
'88 300E 5 Speed
'81 300D Daughter's Car
Over 800,000 miles in
Mercedes automobiles

Memories. Alot's changed in 6 years.

i was going to say go for it from the top too.

glad it worked out for you.

tom w

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

The tranny jack that is regularly "on sale" at Harbor Freight is worth its weight in gold. I've done four tranny jobs with it, and hope to get one more out of this one before I have to go by another (look at it as a "disposable" tool; though if you're just doing MB manny trannies, it might last a lifetime!).

Jay.

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On the road, currently:
'83 300D (German spec.) 168k mi. - - Wolfgang (tucked snugly away for the winter!)
'87 300D 375k mi. - finally went over to "The Dark Side"
'87 300TD 225k mi.
Cannondale 66cm CAAD5 w/Campy/Jamis Aurora
Hujsak Custom Fixie/Landshark Track Shark Custom/Ahearne Custom 29'er

Larry

I've done both jobs recently (pull eng/tranny & clutch job) and defiantly wouldn't pull the engine too do the clutch unless I didn't have a trans jack. Just seems like allot of extra work too me. The impact wrench makes things go allot faster and easier (flex disc, bell housing bolts and much more ) It is nice if you can have a helper standing by to hand you stuff you forgot when your under the car

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1985 Euro 240D 5 spd 140K
1979 240D 5 spd, 40K on engine rebuild
1994 Dodge/Cummins, 5 spd, 121K
1964 Allice Chalmers D15 tractor
2014 Kubota L3800 tractor
1964 VW bug

"Lifes too short to drive a boring car"

I'll definitely do mine from the bottom. I've got so much cr@p on my engine, it would take longer to get it in/out that the tranny.

I pulled up this thread because I was pondering if Larry's 240 is a five stick or not.

I couldn't resist making a comment. I'm pretty sure Larry is older than I am and my comment is that I can still do about anything on a car standing up as well as I ever could but getting up and down really sucks at my age.

Its enough to make you plan ahead so that you can do a job without getting up and down for the odd tool that you forgot to bring along.

Tom W

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.