Hello guy's i'm new on this forum.

At the end of the last summer , i bought a 1976 300D /8 , in quite a great condition for it's price.

My first Mercedes soo far , but not my first diesel car.




I've been on VW diesel forum for ages and been driving / working on diesel vw's for quite a while now.

I've drove it almost 2,000 miles in less then one and an half month , before storing it for the winter , everything was perfect , until the vacuum pump failed.

After reading and watching video on the internet , i've found out that the one way valve tend to fail , or in some cases , the rubber diapham.

I've bough a rebuilt kit , upon it's arrival , i started to remove the pump...

The piston inside the pump was broken in 2... After looking around to found a replacement pump , wich i've rapidly found out to be quite expensive i decided to look at other options , like an electric pump etc...

Then , some of my volkswagen friend told me... why don't you put one of those OM606 engine in yours ?

Soo here i am

Lots of questions to ask , let's hope peachpart.com can help me

OM606.910 VS OM606.961 , what's the internal differences ?

Does the engine mounts of an OM606 (.910-.964) can fit on the chassis of an OM617 ?

In my 300D i have an automatic transmission ( Any one know the tranny code? ) if i eventually swap for an OM606 , i would probably go for a transmission that originally came with an OM606 ( transmission code? )

If i want to put an manual gearbox on my 300D does an OM616 transmission would fit ?

Are all OM606 IDI's engine ?

Well , that's already a bunch of questions... enough for now

I'm taking all those information , soo if i realise it's possible , i'll start looking for a whole car with an OM606 for sale... Collecting pieces slowly.

Please pardon my bad english.

Gérard.