Head Work 1989 M103 300SE

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My oil consumption is fairly high at around 800 miles per quart. I decided to replace the head gasket and valve stem seals and now have the head off the car.

There are two support brackets under the intake manifold where the manual implies one, or did I misread it.

I'm lucky I've got an engine crane to remove the head with the manifolds. That combination is very heavy.

The spark plug wire are a ***** to get off the plugs and I'm got the official plug boot puller.

I'm going to post some pics of this soon.