So a few weeks ago I had a catastrophic oil loss on my 1984 euro 300TD turbo after a piece of truck tire punctured my oil cooler. A compression test (on 3 cylinders confirmed that the engine is toast.

I believe I found a potential donor from a 1982 US spec 300TD. I'm going to look at it tomorrow.

I haven't yet seen the "donor" car, but from the sellers description I think it has more rust issues than my 1984 and I'm thinking that I'll do an engine swap.

Now, I consider myself a fair shade tree mechanic and I've done all my own work on all my cars for over 20 years, but I've never pulled an engine that required an engine hoist (air-cooled VWs are easy that way).

So, the question is: what's involved in an engine removal/installation for a w123 wagon? Also, anyone know of compatibility issues from 82 to 84?

The auxilliary question is: what else should I plan to replace/rebuild while the engine is out (e.g. engine mounts, engine shocks, oil cooler lines ...)?