4k for a sprinter engine? Are they CRD or IDI
I looked all over e bay and they are at 10k+

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Current Garage
2008 Mercedes GL320 CDI 188k mi Repair/Work in progress
1994 S350 160k mi Garage Queen & prepping for repairs
2005 E320 CDI 203k mi Healthy & Daily Driver
1994 S350 357k mi Retried as parts car
1984 300TD 214k mi Blown OM617 Poss OM603 Swap??

Sold
1987 300SDL 200K+
1994 S320 181K mi
2008 E320 Bluetec 127k mi
1999 S420 130K mi
1980 240D 360k mi
15+ Others that has come, stay and gone

GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
1995 E320 SE 220k mi
1984 300SD 350k mi

Sorry for not having much up recently...things have been a little crazy. So far all I've had the time to do is take the motor out of the Rover and get it started on a rebuild (going to sell it). Also purchased the OM617 (which is what I decided on), and have upper-end gaskets and valve stem seals for it waiting to take the top of it apart.

As for the adapter, you don't need to cut the MB trans because Mercedes kindly places a stock "adapter plate" between the transmission and the motor. I'm simply planning on using the motor side of the MB plate as a pattern for half of the new one (the motor side obviously), then I'm going to measure things up and probably align them and transfer dye the bolt hold on the Rover trans to the other side of the plate (I'm going to take it out to do this, and I might decide to use a transfer punch to confirm placement...

I'll put more up when I have the chance.

joeblack, do you mean manual transmissions or shop manuals for the Rover? If you want a shop manual for it you can get one on CD from D.A.P Land Rover (www.dap-inc.com). I don't know if this site deletes all url addresses, but that's:
www(dot)dap-inc(dot)(com) just in case.