W124 OM606 STD in California
W124 OM606 STD in California
So i finally got the cylinder head off the NA block, holy shit those head bolts were fucking torqued down. I used a 4 ft breaker bar and still almost knocked the engine stand over.
You can see in the bottom right corner were there was a break in the head gasket. I was slowly leaking coolant for a couple of months before i took the car off the road.
The head is all boxed up and ready to be dropped off at the machine shop tomorrow. I took the multi spline lock rings out but could not get the pre chambers out no matter how hard i tried. Its pretty cold in the shop this time of year and with it being even more difficult with the head off the block i figured id just give the tool and the head to the pros at the machine shop.
(i put the cam carrier/lifters & tool in the box after this picture)
Also taking up my time and money is this 5th gen golf i purchased for a daily driver. My MX5 just was not fun to drive and break shit on every day so i picked this up not running for $4,000. Original owner, 80k miles. About $1000 later with a new trigger wheel, crank position sensor, battery and clutch/flywheel combo its running great. The previous owners old shop really fucked up badly and installed the wrong flywheel in the car and caused a ton of problems.
I thin it looks good with my W211 E500 wheels (intended for the W124 originally). It has nice performance parts already and might get turbo'd in the future
Hoping to make some serious progress on the merc in January as its been over a year now since i parked the car. Hopefully ill have some more regular updates here now.