Hello All,

Here's my situation. I bought an 81 240D and siezed the enigine about 20 minutes after I bought it, a terrible experince. I'm thinking about buying a 80 300SD turbo disel automatic. Is the 81 240D trans (and all other parts beside the enigine) interchangeable. They look almost identical to me, same body, interior, etc.

Open to all ides.

Thanks!

Very little transfers over.
I have to ask, how did the engine seize? Oil leak?

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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

similar body, but not even close to same.
116 chassis v 123 chassis, the transmission should be similar, but may require parts swapping to function.
the 116 body was VERY prone to rust, so be carefull there too.

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
1987 300TD
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

Yeah, it was an oil leak. The temp AND oil pressure guages were inop, I blew an oil line, didn't know until the engine seized I have no one to blame but myself for driving it w/ inop guages, stupid me. I was just excited to get it home, a lesson learned the hard way.

Any ideas on weather I should try and fix/find an engine or just look for another older Mercedes to try and convert to grease? I bought the car for $900 so, all in all I'm not out that much but, it still stings a bit.

The worst thing about it is the fact that I heard from a few folks how bullet-proof the old 240D engines are. Just my luck, I kill one in about a half an hour!

Man, that has to be some kind of record. You have my sympathies. I think I would try to swap in another 616 engine as that is the simplest fix. However, the only drawback is that you'll still have a 616 engine. The turbo 617's are far quicker. If you're thinking about putting the 80SD engine in the 123 240d car, it is doable but more work than swapping in a 616.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

Kerry is right. Find a 240D engine and swap it in. I bought a wrecked 240D before I ever actually needed the engine, then bought a car with a seized engine for not a lot of $$. They are out there if you aren't in a tremendous hurry. It is not cost effective to rebuild......

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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

I know of a 240D with an engine in it that was rebuilt about 30k miles ago. Let me know if you are interested. The complete NO RUST car can be purchased for less than the rebuild cost.

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Jim