How did that work out? I'm guessing the diesel engine fit pretty easily into an engine bay that was designed for a big V8.

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OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

A W126 has an identical engine bay to a C126, so the engine side of the swap was very very easy, Wiring for the diesel includes, water temp, oil pressure and glow plugs thats it, The Alternator is off the M117 with the pulley changed so its an 80 amp unit.

The driverside engine shock is in the wrong location, it is currently unconnected, I may change that and weld a small braket in the proper location.

The only difficulites I had with the swap, were in regards to a manual trans, I had to get a custom made pilot bearing, custom make the shift rods, Driveshaft was custom as well, same thing with speedo cluster.

I had the flywheel balanced but they did a **** job, I asked them to balance it to the flex plate, and they said that it was "close enough" to neutral balance. I certainly wont be going back to that machine shop unfortunatly there are only 2 shops within 100 miles that balance flywheels.

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1984 Euro 300SDC, (4spd standard)
1986 Toyota Landcruiser Diesel HJ60 5spd X2

Gone but not forgotten (some sold, some stripped)
1983 300 SD, 1985 300 SD, 1983 240D, 1986 300 SDL, 1985 300 SDL, 1983 300 D, 1984 300 D, 1985 300SD, 1987 300 SDL, 1983 300 SD, 1985 300 TD Euro, 1983 380SEC, 1990 300 D, 1987 300D, 1982 300D, 1982 300D, 1994 E420, 1987 300 TD, 1987 300 D, 1984 300 D