Motor Mounts, Tranny Mount, Flex Disc, Support Disc

[Harry]

Whew.  Not a quick or fun job.  I just replaced all of the above on my 1966 230SL.  The "Support Disc" is probably the wrong terminology but I am talking about the circular rubber support around the front portion of the drive shaft.  I had to take it to a local Mercedes dealer to remove/reinstall the spanner nut on the drive shaft so that I could repace this doughnut shaped support.

I do feel better about having all of these drive line components replaced with new ones.  Some appeared to be the original parts in the car.

I took it around the block briefly to see if there were any issues and found none except that the car seems to have a slight whine in reverse.  Any thoughts?  The installation went smoothly with no binding or anything.

Harry

[Benz Dr.]

Whining in reverse? Did you look under the car to see if you ran over your dog? 

  I think you will find that this noise is common amoung all of the 113's.

[Harry]

(I have a dog I'd like to run over!)  Thanks for the reply.  I'll pay close attention this weekend.  I noted this because I didn't think that I heard it prior to this work.