I've owned a couple of 300SEL 6.3's for about a decade. I bought this one around 2011-2012 time frame. It had been sitting many years and had some horrible gas inside. The PO started parting it out and decided to sell the transmission from it before I saved it.
I found a transmission for it, however the linkage was locked up. In 2014, I found a Euro spec 69 300SEL 6.3 at a salvage auction so I decided to buy it. It had a very major fire at the fuel tank however the engine looked to be in great shape. It was on the m-100 club register and looked to in perfect pre accident damage.
About 6 months ago, we started the project of pulling the engine from underneath, including the transmission and sub frame and installing the replacement motor. It made sense to do it this way because the suspension, engine mounts, air bags are all in great shape.
Work has been slow but today, we finally got it running. Here is a video update. I hope that you enjoy it as much as I did.
I found a transmission for it, however the linkage was locked up. In 2014, I found a Euro spec 69 300SEL 6.3 at a salvage auction so I decided to buy it. It had a very major fire at the fuel tank however the engine looked to be in great shape. It was on the m-100 club register and looked to in perfect pre accident damage.
About 6 months ago, we started the project of pulling the engine from underneath, including the transmission and sub frame and installing the replacement motor. It made sense to do it this way because the suspension, engine mounts, air bags are all in great shape.
Work has been slow but today, we finally got it running. Here is a video update. I hope that you enjoy it as much as I did.