Oh yeah I forgot to say... whilst you've got the coolant drained tackle the thermostat housing. You often get corrosion on this bit - the bolts get welded / corroded into place. This is also a 'much easier now' job.

Same goes for the vacuum pump (but you have already said you're looking into that).

And replace your engine mounts with new ones when you fit the engine!

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

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Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!