This from my dead 300SDL while I still have it. I have a buyer lined up. Have the job half done. The vacuum pump, intake manifold, and steel fuel lines are off. I don't guess there's much demand for intake manifolds, trivia note.
I referred to this tutorial:
PeachPartsWiki: Injection Pump Removal
This is the second one I've removed, the first was at Pick n Pull from a 350SD that had been hit way hard in the rear end. We deteremined that it had a 3.0 liter - prolly installed when the 3.5 went bad. It had a #14 head, which a 3.5 wouldn't have.
So here I am again performing surgery on a cadaver. Pretty sure the business about aligning the timing, getting it right before you pull it pertains to needing to put it back into the same car, but I think it might be good to use this as practice. I can't figure out where the timing marks are found to get it at 15 degrees ATDC. Does the valve cover need to come off for this?
I have the vacuum pump off, it's not visible in there is it?