My spare motor will come from wifes 1992 300E with 135k miles on it. We have had that car from about 9 years having bought it with 60K miles on it. The car was totaled earlier this year when it was hit from behind, really not much damage but trunk lid will not close.

The 1992 300 TE was purchased about 2 years ago with 133k miles on it. I basically restored it, everything worked perfectly including the new evaporator which I changed out shortly after I bought it. The wagon had it's original head gasket replaced once before but I don't know at what mileage. I had even changed valve stem seal which stopped it from burning any oil.

I'll need to figure a plan for removing the engine, i.e., the block.

I would kind of like to reuse the intake manifold and fuel distributor and associated fuel stuff.

Should I start taking assesories off what remains until there is nothing but the block to take out of car?