R129 M119 Engine and mating gearbox

[stevieb15]

The engine of my 1998 SL500 R129 suffered a massive failure today.
I had the car recovered straight to my specialist who reckons a conrod has smashed a hole in the casing, the starter has been ripped from its housing and bits of piston are in the gearbox!
All in all a complete mess, so I'm looking for a used engine and gearbox combination...so if anyone has any idea where I might pick up the pair together preferably or individually please let me know
Steve

 

[Ian B Walker]

I may just have one out of a 140 S class. Got to speak with the owner first but feel confident he will let it go. If interested give me a call in the morning.

 

[jonnyboy]

Sorry to hear Stevie.
Were you caning it at the time (just asking, not judging!) ?

 

[stevieb15]

I may just have one out of a 140 S class. Got to speak with the owner first but feel confident he will let it go. If interested give me a call in the morning.

Thanks Ian I'll do that

 

[stevieb15]

Sorry to hear Stevie.
Were you caning it at the time (just asking, not judging!) ?

As it happens no, I stopped within 50 yards of it happening, an awful lot of damage happens very quickly when it goes that big!

 

[nick mercedes]

All in all a complete mess, so I'm looking for a used engine and gearbox combination...so if anyone has any idea where I might pick up the pair together preferably or individually please let me know
Steve

I've got a 36k (really) engine and box from an 01 Silver Arrows if that's any help?

 

[stevieb15]

Hi Nick
I'll phone tomorrow
I looked on your site first up but didn't see them
Thanks
Steve

 

[Will]

Isn't the Silver Arrows SL500 an M113 though?

 

[stevieb15]

The engine number will tell us, although I would have thought the M119 would have followed the M113

 

[nick mercedes]

Isn't the Silver Arrows SL500 an M113 though?

Yes

It's got a 113 in it, so no use for this mission.

 

[Sp!ke]

unlike a 119 to fail.... what happened? oil starvation?

 

[Will]

unlike a 119 to fail.... what happened? oil starvation?

Timing chains sometimes let go on M119s so I understand.

Heard of it a few times over the years.

 

[NW_Merc]

I've got a 36k (really) engine and box from an 01 Silver Arrows if that's any help?

Nick is that being broken or is that all you have from it?

 

[nick mercedes]

Nick is that being broken or is that all you have from it?

It's complete.

 

[stevieb15]

unlike a 119 to fail.... what happened? oil starvation?

Not sure but I doubt it, as the pressure was fine two minutes earlier when I started up...I was only a mile or so from home.
I'm assuming the timing chain went but I suppose oil pump failure could also have been the cause.

 

[W210 Fan]

The engine number will tell us, although I would have thought the M119 would have followed the M113

Oddly the 113 comes after the 119, the 117 was before it, the 115 was a four cylinder engine from the 70s, a rather un german numbering system, i would love to get my head round the engine numbering system!