thank you dr diesel. my machinists sharp eyed 27 year old son found the marks finally. very very faint on the fw, but legible. on the crank it was about like a hologram it was so faint.

so they will button it up tomorrow or monday and my indie will drop it into my 280e.

so the lesson is once again, even though most of the benz fws seem to be neutrally balanced, they may not be. so always mark them when taking them apart and if changing from stick to automatic be sure to check the one coming off the crank for neutrality, and if not the new fw will have to be match balanced as described in the fsm.

so we dodged a bullet here!

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.