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m117 500SEC engine refresh/swap questions
Ok, after a good bit of hunting, I have an engine on the way to replace the shattered one in my car. The question I have for you all is what would you replace on this engine before stuffing it in it's home?
From reading other's suggestions and accounts here, I'm already planning on replacing the parts on the list following this, but I am open to suggestions of other parts that should come out before it goes in the hole, as I'd really prefer not do this again any time soon! Timing chain timing tensioner rail Timing chain guides? (the rest of them?) valve cover gaskets cam oilers rear crank seal (rear main seal) trans torque converter seal (input shaft seal?) any hardened rubber fittings injector bushings? (planning to swap to MegaSquirt relatively soon, so this is low priority) motor mounts transmission mount flex shaft disks/center bushing block intake upper/lower half connection donuts (8 rubber rings, whatever they're called!) oil pump chain/tensioner? front crank oil seal? valve stem seals? As mentioned briefly in passing just above, it has a MegaSquirt computer headed for it, and most likely some form of forced induction shortly after the EFI is running stably. I'm trying to keep this in mind, so as to avoid spending heavily on things that will be pulled off the engine once it's in the car and proven to run, as well as to help in replacing the bits that need to be in GOOD working order for the extra load it will putting up with, as I play with it. Any suggestions of stuff that I'm obviously overlooking? Thanks for any and all input!
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-Josh Testing the cheap Mercedes axiom, one bolt at a time... Last edited by hey_allen; 02-09-2008 at 10:35 PM. Reason: oops... forgot the reason it's in performance section! |
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wow nice pics, thats a euro motor??? With egr and an idle air valve?
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Assuming that the engine that is in the car currently is stock to the car, yes it's a euro motor.
Doing the vin check on the ru site, it was delivered in Ulm Germany in 1982 (registered as a 1984, though...) It has lived in CA, so it may have had evil things done to it in the name of CARB approval.
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That'll be nice to have an engine you've gone over completely while it was out of the car. Congratualtions on getting a terrific Benz, and good luck with it!
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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century OBK #55 1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles 2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles 2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles |
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ahh ok, did you get another euro motor to replace it ?
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1980 500SE/AMG Euro 1981 500SEL Euro 1982 380SEL 1983 300TD 1983 500SEC/AMG Euro 1984 500SEC 1984 300TD Euro 1986 190E 2.3-16 1986 190E 2.3 1987 300D 1997 C36 AMG 2003 C320T 4matic past: 1969 280SE 4.5 | 1978 240D | 1978 300D | 1981 300SD | 1981 300SD | 1982 300CD | 1983 300CD | 1983 300SD | 1983 380SEC | 1984 300D | 1984 300D | 1984 300TD | 1984 500SEL | 1984 300SD | 1985 300D | 1986 300E | 1986 560SEL | 1986 560SEL/Carat | 1987 560SEC | 1991 300D 2.5 | 2006 R350 |
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One of the others on one of the forums had an engine from a 500SE sitting, so I should have an engine as soon as the movers can get it here.
I didm't want to go US spec, so it took a bit of looking, and waiting! I just want to make sure to do any reasonable preventative maintenance while it's on the engine stand and easy to get to!
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Is it my imagination, or are there more SECs on the market lately?
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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century OBK #55 1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles 2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles 2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles |
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I'm not sure on that.
I'd been watching for a while, and found this one badly listed on CraigsList. Text only, poor description and REALLY bad title on the listing. I'm halfway surprised that I even looked at the listing! It did come with a blown engine, and I suspect that this engine would be a massive money pit if someone were trying to repair the stock engine. As I'm not worried about matching serials, though...
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Some have suggested that the price of 560SECs go down as the price of gas goes up, but it doesn't seem like that would be true.
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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century OBK #55 1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles 2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles 2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles |
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got any other pics of it besides the trunk triangle?
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I'm pretty sure that there are others of the car overall in the same gallery, but if not, I'll put the rest up when I get home..
Anyone have any further suggestions on parts to replace while the engine is out? I want to go ahead and get the parts on order so I'll have them relatively soon after the engine gets here.
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Ok, now I see what you meant about the triangle image! I'd forgotten that I'd even loaded an image here in the gallery.
There are a couple more pics now, one from the side and one head on. Thanks for the comments, all. I finally just went ahead and ordered most of what I could see being accessible while the engine was on an engine stand, and would be a pain when it was reinstalled. Timing chain, tensioner, and all guides(may not get to a few of them, but ~$20 for all the lower ones, couldn't hurt) oil pump chain/guide valve stem seals intake/exhaust gaskets intake manifold plenum seals cam oiler clips valve cover seals/crush washers rad hoses water pump gaskets thermostat/seals engine/trans mounts flex discs front/rear main seals Hopefully all this will give a bit of a headstart on keeping this engine running in good shape for the foreseeable future! (especially since it hit me what I just dropped in preventative maintenance parts.. My bank account is hating this car already, and I haven't even driven it yet! )
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I'd be curious to see a close up of the top of your engine to see what is routed where. Mine is a mess! They even have an injector from what looks like an old 450 engine inline to the fuel distributor which seems to be functioning as a frequency valve. other vacuum lines have been teed and run all over and others connect to nothing.
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1980 500SE/AMG Euro 1981 500SEL Euro 1982 380SEL 1983 300TD 1983 500SEC/AMG Euro 1984 500SEC 1984 300TD Euro 1986 190E 2.3-16 1986 190E 2.3 1987 300D 1997 C36 AMG 2003 C320T 4matic past: 1969 280SE 4.5 | 1978 240D | 1978 300D | 1981 300SD | 1981 300SD | 1982 300CD | 1983 300CD | 1983 300SD | 1983 380SEC | 1984 300D | 1984 300D | 1984 300TD | 1984 500SEL | 1984 300SD | 1985 300D | 1986 300E | 1986 560SEL | 1986 560SEL/Carat | 1987 560SEC | 1991 300D 2.5 | 2006 R350 |
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Johnhef,
There are more pictures of the upper end now up, http://www.flickr.com/photos/hey_allen/collections/72157603932525091/ Let me know if you need other angles, or close ups of other areas.
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-Josh Testing the cheap Mercedes axiom, one bolt at a time... Last edited by hey_allen; 02-17-2008 at 11:37 PM. |
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