In all it's glory...

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Never a dull moment at Berry Hill Farm.

OMG, they're showing the IPs now! Can they do that?!:p
-Joe

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'81 MB 300SD, '82 MB 300D Turbo (sold/RIP), '04 Lincoln Town Car Ultimate

Sooner or later every car falls apart, ours does it later!
-German Narrator in a MB Promotion Film about the then brand new W123.

It was that nefarious oil filter housing that had me worked up; it looks just like the one on my 616 except it's out in the open where Gawd and everyone can see it..

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Never a dull moment at Berry Hill Farm.

Its also out of the way of the IP. If the oil filter housing on my 617 was like that I wouldn't have had to remove it last night to move the IP enough to get the injection timing right

So, how did that 617 end up with its oil filter housing out in front of the engine, instead of back behind the IP, where any leak is a PIA to fix?

That would be a 617 out of a 115 chassis. 74, 75, 76 Notice the old style fuel filter with the drain plug.

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Palangi

2004 C240 Wagon 203.261 Baby Benz
2008 ML320 CDI Highway Cruiser
2006 Toyota Prius, Saving the Planet @ 48 mpg
2000 F-150, Destroying the Planet @ 20 mpg



TRUMP .......... WHITEHOUSE
HILLARY .........JAILHOUSE
BERNIE .......... NUTHOUSE
0BAMA .......... OUTHOUSE

This is a pic of an OM617.912 (normally aspirated), predecessor to the OM617.952 (turbocharged). Obviously, there were some other improvements too. Very similar to the OM616.916 (oil filter location, etc) in my (Palangi's old) W115.

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Never a dull moment at Berry Hill Farm.

With a glass top it would make a great "Coffee" table !

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Diesel-guy

Seems like the cylindrical intake manifold placed up high is a lot like the old 4-cyl of the 220D/8 type. Were the later 5-cyl NA engines like this or did they change when placed into the W123 chassis?

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1961 190Db retired
1968 220D/8 325,000
1983 300D 164,150

John Ashcroft and the FCC are going to have one heckuva hissey-fit over this... :p

Here, have a look at the '82 300D engine in "Josephine".

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Tony from West Oz.
Fatmobile 3 84 300D 295kkm Silver grey/Blue int. 2 tank WVO - Recipient of TurboDesel engine.
Josephine '82 300D 390kkm White/Palamino int.
Elizabeth '81 280E, sporting a '79 300D engine.
Lucille '87 W124 300D non-turbo 6 cylinder OM603, Pearl Grey with light grey interior


Various parts cars including 280E, 230C & 300D in various states of disassembly.

The first 617 looks like the one used from 75 to 76. The one from the 82 300D is the kind used from 77 to 85.
-Joe

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'81 MB 300SD, '82 MB 300D Turbo (sold/RIP), '04 Lincoln Town Car Ultimate

Sooner or later every car falls apart, ours does it later!
-German Narrator in a MB Promotion Film about the then brand new W123.

So did all the NA 617's have oil coolers? I thought that was a feature of the turbo versions.

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1985 300D Turbo ~225k
2000 F350 (Powerstroke) 4X4, SWB, CC, SRW, 6spd ~148k
1999 International 4900, DT466e (250hp/660 ft/lbs), Allison MD3060 ~73k

My 616.916 (240) has an oil cooler.

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Never a dull moment at Berry Hill Farm.

So, I think the obvious question is:

Will this oil filter housing work on a turbo motor?

My guess is no, but I'm hoping yes.

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J.B. Hebert

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