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Originally Posted by engatwork
1979 300SD - I will be pulling the engine/tranny out of it over the next week or so and got to looking around underneath the car. It has a pretty substantial cross member underneath the rear area of the engine which has to come out to remove the engine/tranny. It looks like one of the fasteners that holds it in also secures the lower control arm rear most position. Is there any problem with the front springs getting away from me when I remove this cross member?
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I have only worked on W123's, but find it unusual that any structural component would need to be removed in the R&R of any engine / trans combination.
On the W123, the engine mounts and the transmission mount were the only major items to be removed.
There were, of course, the usual vacuum lines, fuel lines, electrical connections and plumbing to be disconnected before the R&R commenced.
BTW, you are lifting the engine from the car, and not lifting the car off the engine / trans combination?