Hello to all!Well, I finally finished my 240D engine swap. I started this project back in March when I bought a '79 240D with decent body and interior but with a blown head gasket and a '80 240D with a all sorts of brake, electrical, and vacuum problems but with a nice running engine. I have been working on & off over the last 5 months pulling both engines, cleaning everything, replacing all of the gaskets, filter, thermostat etc., adjusting valves and injector timings on the good engine and fixing all of the little things on the '79. I have finally got the '80 engine back in the '79 and IT ACTUALLY RUNS!I turned the engine over a few times with the nuts from the injector lines to the injectors loosened to clear any air out, tightened them up and then got in the car with the key in hand, put the key in the ignition turned, let the glow plug light go off and turned it full right. Bango! It started after a couple of cranks and idled smooth as silk(for a diesel anyway). I felt like Jimmy Stewart in "Flight of the Pheonix" when he coaxed that big Pratt & Whitney to life after they built a plane from the wreckage in the desert.I would like to thank all of the individuals who contribute to this board as well as the sponsors of mercedesshop. I have not posted for a while but have been monitoring the board and searching topics to work through the process of the engine swap. I have definitly learned a lot more here than I could have throught any other resource. I also received a lot of help from Phil & Roy who were very patient and Emailed me all kinds of diagrams to help me find the parts I needed. I really recommend buying parts from Mercedesshop. You can get some things cheaper on eBay but you can not get the service.Best regards

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Sedecrem

82 300SD 290k(needs engine swap)
79 240D 354k with new heart transplant w/220k
82 240D w/auto tranny soon to be manual 4 speed

That is a real feeling of satisfaction isn't it! I can relate, and very recently......
Now, I kept up my part of my swap. So, where are YOUR pics??????

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

Love hearing a new ( or transplanted) engine fire back to life!