What about the "while you're at it" costs? Like, if you're going to have the head off anyway you might as well go through it and check everything and replace guides and whatnot. Then you might as well ream the ridge on the engine and maybe consider rings and hone...
Depending on how long you intend to keep such a car you might end up spending several thousand on it but on the other hand you'd end up with a great engine. -Curt Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 09:52:11 -0600 From: Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] California Version - 1985 300TD Message-ID: <a06240802c9995d168f8e@[192.168.1.51]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" For my money, changing the head is easier/cheaper than changing the engine or engine/trans combo. This is most likely borne out is flat rate manuals for inline 4,5,6 cyl engines. It also needs no engine hoist. For the air cooled horizontally opposed VWs, and some other things, the engine removal is easier. YMMV _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com