More ICE components ripped out

We got another early start this morning. We removed the gas tank. 4 bolts hold it in place and several hoses. Nothing overly challenging. We jacked the car up and put it on blocks to get underneath it. Then supported the tank on the jack while we removed the bolts. Then lowered it down, and poured the remaining fuel into a Jerry can.

We then removed the exaust system. We had to break out the Dremmel grinding tool to get the rear joint appart.
I now have an engine in both the front and rear of my Mercedes. I am ready to take that puppy to the iron recycler. One more picture is what it now looks like in the engine compartment.

ICE engine out of there

Last night we tackled removing the ICE engine. At one point it felt like it was tackling us. First I had to make a run to the hardware store for a cheater bar and a socket to remove one of the bolts. Then the engine just did not want to squeeze out of there. We finally removed one of the mountings of the trans axle in order to pull it out. Where does it go? Ace Iron, to get melted down. We had the help of a couple of neighbors, Noa and Nelson to move the engine away from the vehicle, big Mahalos, guys! I have the kit ordered from Wilderness EV. It has to ship through California so it will take a while to get here.

My other car is a Mercedes

Ever see one of those bumper stickers?

Well in my case it's actually true. I drive a 1981 240D which runs on waste vegtable oil.

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The project begins

Matt and I brought the car to the car port where we will be doing the conversion. We got an early start, broke the tools out and started preparing to take ICE engine out. Things went petty smooth, we realized we did not have a 10 mm socket that slowed down things a bit.
. We have a Chilton manual and were more or less following the directions there. The major roadblock we hit was taking off the exhaust, as the bolts would not move. We eventually resorted to breaking out the Dremmel and cutting through the bolts.
We have a block and tackle set up so next time we are going to pull out the engine. Guys, wipe those grins off your faces, this is supposed to be hard work. We put in about 4 hours today.