Wiseman's 91 W126 OM606
Wiseman's 91 W126 OM606
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Just a couple of side notes as I am remembering them. Yes I did swap bell housing over, when I bought my engine I actually told the seller I dont want the trans hes selling, the guy made me take it, good thing I did. Pulled off the bell housing on it to use on the 722.626.
For torquing the harmonic balancer bolt, Baum tools sells a nice tool to lock up the crack at the fly wheel. The tool mounts to the hole where the starter mounts and had teeth on it that interlock with the flywheel. This makes torquing the jesus bolt and flywheel bolt very easy.
Swapped out the stock springs for H&R lowering springs. Also upgraded all shocks to Bilstein.
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Also kept busy with the rest of the front end. Replaced all rubber bushings on the both front brake rods.
There wasnt much rust on this car, kept in mind this is a 1991 car with 230,000 km on it that has been driven in Canadian winters. It was alot of work but there a small tab sticking out above the brake rod. This tab has a nut on it that broke off because of rust. Had to cut into the car to get a wrench on the nut so I can remove the brake rod assembly. Grinded/cut off all rust, welded in new metal, abit of paint, all looks good again.
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Quick Pic with the pins in the block that locate the head. Definitely a lesson I will remember.
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I was really considering using a different set up compared to the stock fuel filter housing. I ended up just going the 603 route. I went on my EPC ordered all parts new from Germany, looks great ! But a side note there is a 3 way banjo fitting that Mercedes does not sell anymore, I was lucky my brother had a spare, made everything work nice.
Thats pretty much it for pictures for now. Hopefully some of this makes sense, I guess I could have taken more time to organize my thought on this but theres so much to remember here.
Another big pain was the AC. Trying to find the right AC and the right AC bracket for some reason was a big pain, but it all worked out.
Current stage Im at not is rigging up a throttle cable, mounting the trans to the engine and then I will place the heart in the body.
Other small things, I did swap out the strainers in the fuel take for diesel strainers, I have a Ofgear kit and have the center counsel out to install the new shifter, that actually fits perfect in place, just need to drill 2 holes to mount the shifter to the transmission tunnel. Currently installing the shut off valve that needs to be swapped out behind the ignition tumbler.
Ill update you guys as I go !
Pretty much almost finished engine in this picture.
Just a couple of side notes as I am remembering them. Yes I did swap bell housing over, when I bought my engine I actually told the seller I dont want the trans hes selling, the guy made me take it, good thing I did. Pulled off the bell housing on it to use on the 722.626.
For torquing the harmonic balancer bolt, Baum tools sells a nice tool to lock up the crack at the fly wheel. The tool mounts to the hole where the starter mounts and had teeth on it that interlock with the flywheel. This makes torquing the jesus bolt and flywheel bolt very easy.
Swapped out the stock springs for H&R lowering springs. Also upgraded all shocks to Bilstein.
Also kept busy with the rest of the front end. Replaced all rubber bushings on the both front brake rods.
There wasnt much rust on this car, kept in mind this is a 1991 car with 230,000 km on it that has been driven in Canadian winters. It was alot of work but there a small tab sticking out above the brake rod. This tab has a nut on it that broke off because of rust. Had to cut into the car to get a wrench on the nut so I can remove the brake rod assembly. Grinded/cut off all rust, welded in new metal, abit of paint, all looks good again.
Quick Pic with the pins in the block that locate the head. Definitely a lesson I will remember.
I was really considering using a different set up compared to the stock fuel filter housing. I ended up just going the 603 route. I went on my EPC ordered all parts new from Germany, looks great ! But a side note there is a 3 way banjo fitting that Mercedes does not sell anymore, I was lucky my brother had a spare, made everything work nice.
Thats pretty much it for pictures for now. Hopefully some of this makes sense, I guess I could have taken more time to organize my thought on this but theres so much to remember here.
Another big pain was the AC. Trying to find the right AC and the right AC bracket for some reason was a big pain, but it all worked out.
Current stage Im at not is rigging up a throttle cable, mounting the trans to the engine and then I will place the heart in the body.
Other small things, I did swap out the strainers in the fuel take for diesel strainers, I have a Ofgear kit and have the center counsel out to install the new shifter, that actually fits perfect in place, just need to drill 2 holes to mount the shifter to the transmission tunnel. Currently installing the shut off valve that needs to be swapped out behind the ignition tumbler.
Ill update you guys as I go !
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