I have a potential buyer for the engine from my 560SL. However, he lives halfway across the country, so the engine would have to be removed from the car by me, crated and shipped. If any of you have experience with such a task, could you please give me your suggestions and experiences? I have only removed one engine from a car and that was from a '59 ponton, so this beast will be a bit different. I do have the service manual and hopefully an experienced helper, so I'm sure I can get the engine out of the car, but any tips in that regard would be appreciated too. I'm interested in what the best method of crating and shipping would be.

Thanks.

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Len
'59 220S Cabriolet-SOLD and living happily in Malta
'83 240D 351,500 miles original owner-SOLD
'88 560SL 41,000 miles - totaled and parted out
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