Greetings!

I'm new to this site and this is my first post.

I recently started help my father inlaw to tear down his '96 C220's motor to replace the head gasket that was obviously leaking. Unfortunatly we are new to these cars and have gotten into a bit of a bind.

My first question for the group is how the heck do you remove the timing cahin to remove the head? We have already removed everything we can find connected to the head but It doesnt look like it wil be coming out with the chain still there. We rotated it around and around looking for some sort of master link but to no avail. It took me about 15 minites of forcefully rotating the crank when I realized life would be much easier if we removed the plugs releiving the compression and hard turning.

My second question is what would be the best manual to get for such a procedure. We've searched high and low and I cant seem to find any good engine manuals for this car. I also went to the BENTLY MANUAL site and couldnet find the right book for the model and year.

Any help regarding my dilema would be appreciated.

Here is two shots of the motor. One is of where we are in the removal of the head and the other is a close up of the chocolate milk (oil-coolant) that was all over the place.

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Simon Mestas