I've gotten myself a really bad cold/strep throat so all work on the car has ceased at the moment. The head is at the machine shop getting milled down and having new valve guides installed so can't do too much until its back.

Of course a strip down and rebuild is the way to go which I am going to do. But not on this engine! I found a low mile M104 3.0 CIS at the junkyard in a 1990 300CE. Junkyard is having a half price day soon so I'm going to go back and pull it for $100 or so and rebuild it in my spare time. This is a hobby fun time car so I'm looking forward to it, not like I need it to get to work or anything.

Now as far as this 103 engine goes I'm going to sand down the piston smooth and install the head once I get it back from the machine shop. I still need to finish getting all the stop leak gunk out of the coolant passages but thats almost done, nasty nasty work.

But again, won't be doing anything for a few days until this cold clears up. Maybe once my head isn't killing me I'll make the smarter decision and just rebuild the bottom end!

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190e 3.0 5spd Zender black on black plaid
1973 280