My basic feeling is that most manuals are not very helpful.
They tend to say remove this or disconnect that but fail to tell you how
you might accomplish that task.
Things like electrical plugs often have tricks that one must figure out
before damaging them while trying to get them to let go.
The best advice is to take it slow and easy and to take lots of notes on
how to put it back together.
Most of this stuff is not rocket science. Mostly common sense.
Randy who has another boat motor to remove and replace since the
previous owner failed to consider the effects of winter and water
On 12/04/2011 8:59 PM, Ed Booher wrote:
Ok, how about a step by step for someone that hasn't ever pulled an engine
before. I just learned that apparently the 123's have engine shocks as well
as engine mounts?
So does that mean there are two shocks, and two mounts? You unbolt all four
and then the engine drops to the concrete with a resounding bang?
Right, attach hoist, then remove mounts. What about the throttle linkage,
it's fairly complicated, right? Like 32 separate bars connected together to
move the whole thing in tandem?
Anyway, I'm with Andrew, does anyone know of a location to get a step by
step for a 240? I actually got hold of a "W123" service manual that talks
about the 5 cylinder 300, but nothing about the 240. Not even so much as a
by your leave.
I have got to pull my engine and transmission together, by the way. The
tranny willl be destroyed, utterly, when I take the hydraulics apart. So
it's probably best it's out of the car for that. Can it just be yanked with
the shifter still attached? That won't damage the center console at all,
will it?
While we're at it, and I'm in need, anyone have a guide to pulling the 6
cylinder from a W110? That's next after I completely destroy the 240.
Because in all seriousness, I have three engines that need rebuilt (one's a
Kia, so meh) and absolutely -30000 dollars to do it with. So ... yeah. It's
all up to me.
EdB
On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 4:59 PM, Randy Bennell<rbenn...@bennell.ca> wrote:
pretty straight forward
undo various bits
keep track of them with notes, taped labels and perhaps a digital camera
lift the old one out
reverse the procedure
be careful
do not hurt yourself
various folks will argue for days about whether it is better to remove the
engine and transmission or to separate them
can be done either way
have to be able to lift higher to take both at once I would think is one of
the bigger issues
and finally, if you need to ask, you might well be better off to hire
someone who has done it lots of times and will do it quickly and efficiently
Randy who finds it easy to give advice when he is too far away to offer any
real assistance
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