Sooo - let the madness beginn... I started today by stripping the cooler package and the front bumper. On a W124 you remove 4 clamps, 2 hoses - and pull the radiator. On this... Blargh. Even the intercooler is bolted to the radiator - with captive nuts to the plastic tanks.. I had to kill one of the two intercooler mounts to get both out...
and speaking of coolers - this car has many of them
Engine oil cooler with electric fan on the left side:
Intercooler, radiator and A/C condenser in the middle...
...and a transmission oil cooler with electric cooling fan on the right side:
After a lot of cursing I got the center rad package out, but I had to sacrifice the condenser 'cause the fittings were stuck solid and I sheared of the pipe...
Luckily the oil cooler hoses were easy to disconnect, which is a big relief. On a W210 it's not possible to lift out the oil cooler with the engine like it is on the W124. They run through the front wheel arch on a W210.
Anyway, the rest of the day was spend disconnecting the ancilliaries of the engine and starting to separate some wiring looms - this engine will have quite some more wires attached to it. At least there's loads of space once you've removed all the stuff on the front. Unfortunately, the wiring looms are not separate and will have to be split; almost all of them. Workin slowly, due to a bad back...
I have decided, whilst looking at it all in detail, that the car will have TWO electrical systems; one for the engine & gearbox, one for everything else like A/C, ASD, ABS and all the electric stuff. Resp. I will implant a "W210 circuit" to the W124. And then hope it all works
Will continue tomorrow, not much left for the engine to be lifted out. Could be warmer and less windy, though... And once the engine is out, the fun part starts; splitting and labeling all the wires that run through the whole car. yikes, what have I let myself in for This will be SO much work to make it all fit... Electronics, intercooler, exhaust, gearbox mount, oil radiators... I must have lost my sanity
Cheers,
Jan
and speaking of coolers - this car has many of them
Engine oil cooler with electric fan on the left side:
Intercooler, radiator and A/C condenser in the middle...
...and a transmission oil cooler with electric cooling fan on the right side:
After a lot of cursing I got the center rad package out, but I had to sacrifice the condenser 'cause the fittings were stuck solid and I sheared of the pipe...
Luckily the oil cooler hoses were easy to disconnect, which is a big relief. On a W210 it's not possible to lift out the oil cooler with the engine like it is on the W124. They run through the front wheel arch on a W210.
Anyway, the rest of the day was spend disconnecting the ancilliaries of the engine and starting to separate some wiring looms - this engine will have quite some more wires attached to it. At least there's loads of space once you've removed all the stuff on the front. Unfortunately, the wiring looms are not separate and will have to be split; almost all of them. Workin slowly, due to a bad back...
I have decided, whilst looking at it all in detail, that the car will have TWO electrical systems; one for the engine & gearbox, one for everything else like A/C, ASD, ABS and all the electric stuff. Resp. I will implant a "W210 circuit" to the W124. And then hope it all works
Will continue tomorrow, not much left for the engine to be lifted out. Could be warmer and less windy, though... And once the engine is out, the fun part starts; splitting and labeling all the wires that run through the whole car. yikes, what have I let myself in for This will be SO much work to make it all fit... Electronics, intercooler, exhaust, gearbox mount, oil radiators... I must have lost my sanity
Cheers,
Jan