Nice! I've been kicking around the idea of putting a 616 or 617 into an old Willys CJ 2a or 3a.

My donor car motor and trannie swap I pulled off for my 83 300cd leaves me with a blown head gasket 617 motor with good trannie ,Im in the game for a vintage swap like this .A 300d parts car is on hand also ,what parts were needed off the donor to complete your swap?Very Nice .

About the only parts that I used besides the engine and trans were the exhaust head pipe, speedo and shifter. Oh, and the glow controller.

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1971 R600 Mack toterhome (SuperDawg)
99 NU-WA Snowbird 34+2 SE 102 5er
If it's not diesel, it's not in my stable!
53 F100 617.951/auto
95 Dodge 3500 Cummins/5 speed service truck

That would be a squeeze unless you recess the firewall for clearance. I have a 53 CJ3A and have done the measurements.

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1971 R600 Mack toterhome (SuperDawg)
99 NU-WA Snowbird 34+2 SE 102 5er
If it's not diesel, it's not in my stable!
53 F100 617.951/auto
95 Dodge 3500 Cummins/5 speed service truck

That's what I figured, that's why I was leaning towards the 616 4 cyl. Thought that might be a better fit.

To bring back an old post and add another update, I have been driving the truck for over 2 years and put over 17K miles on it. This has been a fun conversion and gets a lot of looks. No problems at all from the drivetrain.

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1971 R600 Mack toterhome (SuperDawg)
99 NU-WA Snowbird 34+2 SE 102 5er
If it's not diesel, it's not in my stable!
53 F100 617.951/auto
95 Dodge 3500 Cummins/5 speed service truck

how much does your truck weigh if you dont mind me asking

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1987 300TD 311,000M Stolen. Presumed destroyed

and, what is the axle ratio?

Very cool btw.

THAT IS SO DARN COOL! I love that fact that is now has serious miles on it.
Did ya ever paint it?

As for Jeeps, the CJ-5 CJ-7 is a perfect fit for a 617.
I was going to drop my spare 617 into the '74 but the AMC 232 is so sweet I never had the heart to rip it out...

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Monika '74 450 SL
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Gone
'74 Jeep CJ5
'97 Jeep ZJ Laredo
Rudolf ‘86 300SDL
Bruno '81 300SD
Fritzi '84 BMW
'92 Subaru
'96 Impala SS
'71 Buick GS conv
'67 GTO conv
'63 Corvair conv
'57 Nomad

Great use of a 617 engine. Please keep posting annual updates to your thread.

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Germantown, TN

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Sold last car --- 05/2012 1984 300D Light Ivory, Red interior
Cluster Needles Paint
New Old Stock (NOS) parts

Past:
3/2008 1986 300SDL "Coda"
04/2010 1965 190D(c) "Ben"
& many more

55 F350 on FTE had mentioned this swap to me, it seems pretty well done and has impressed a fair number of people there.

Wow ideal truck - I feel there's a copy cat plan brewing on this side of the water...

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

To bring back an old thread and update it once again I now have approx. 65K miles on the truck with only minor issues and no major failures of the drivetrain.
I took the truck and 1600 lb. teardrop trailer on a 15K mile trip to AK this spring, only trouble with the truck was a trans leak that a friend helped me fix in WA state.
Over the life of this rig it has averaged 22-23 MPG solo and around 18 MPG towing the teardrop trailer, and it has towed it approx 30K miles

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1971 R600 Mack toterhome (SuperDawg)
99 NU-WA Snowbird 34+2 SE 102 5er
If it's not diesel, it's not in my stable!
53 F100 617.951/auto
95 Dodge 3500 Cummins/5 speed service truck

CRAZY!!!!!

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Did you just pass my 740 at 200 kmh in a 300SD?????

1978 300SD 'Phil' - 1,315,853 Miles And Counting - 1, 317,885 as of 12/27/2012 - 1,333,000 as of 05/10/2013, 1,337,850 as of July 15, 2013, 1,339,000 as of August 13, 2013



100,000 miles since June 2005 Overhaul - Sold January 25th, 2014 After 1,344,246 Miles & 20 Years of Ownership

Awesome!
I want to do this same thing to a 1950's Willys wagon so bad...

Phil Forrest

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1972 220D "Trudy," named by a friend.

"The 220D sounds good... I suspect it is the only car that you need a calendar for, rather than a stopwatch, when doing acceleration tests."
Tom Abrahamsson