I've just bought a 83 300TD for my wife that we plan on restoring. I'm still figuring out what to do immediately and making sure those ideas fit with reality.

We bought the car from someone who purchased it as a project car so as of right now the engine is bolted in, literally just connected to the engine mounts and the trans. The driveshaft has also been removed to make towing easier.

Right now the car is Champagne and we want to paint it Desert Red. I'd like to pull the engine and get the engine bay painted within the next week so I don't have to empty the bay out again sometime in the future.

So really my first question is can I remove the engine and send it to paint? Or do I need to remove the transmission as well?

I've never tackled something this big before, removing an engine from the bay and I will have experienced help.

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