190sl 921 Engine Removal and Rebuild
The engine, gearbox and front suspension was rebuilt while the car was in California. To aid shipping to the UK the engine and sub frame was installed into the car after painting the engine compartment. It was time that these units came out before painting the engine bay, undercarriage, interior and exterior. As detailed above that was easily said than done as the main body was on stands there was insufficent room to lift the body to roll these units out. I have postponed removal as I am still working on welding the floor pans.
On checking the fit of the inlet / exhaust manifold I noticed that the factory gasket did not entirely cover the inlet ports. It was 3mm short. I ordered another gasket from Jacksons which did cover the inlet and exhuast ports perfectly and was a different shape to the one obtained from USA. Luckily every thing was removed as it would have been time consuming with the exhaust manifold, inlet manifold and carburetors fitted, had this been discovered on starting the engine.