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02-11-2010, 03:11 PM
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Finally Completed My Engine Rebuild For My 300SD
Hey guys--some of you may remember a long time ago when I started this project. Well I'm happy to say it's finally done and the engine is just waiting to go back into the car. It was a complete tear down, hot tank, new liners, rings, bearings, etc etc. Many many many hours cleaning detailing and painting (some stuff was just to stubborn to come off). Here's some pictures of the completed engine.
           
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02-11-2010, 03:15 PM
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Looks great! If you do not mind my asking, how much did just the engine rebuild cost?
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RRGrassi 70's Southern Pacific #5608 Fairmont A-4 MOW car 13 VW JSW 2.0 TDI 193K, Tuned with DPF and EGR Delete. 91 W124 300D Turbo replaced, Pressure W/G actuator installed. 210K 90 Dodge D250 5.9 Cummins/5 speed. 400K
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02-11-2010, 03:48 PM
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I love how you painted the valve cover, but polished the star. How did you accomplish that?
-Jason
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1991 350SDL. 230,000 miles (new motor @ 150,000). Blown head gasket  Tesla Model 3. 205,000 miles. Been to 48 states! Past: A fleet of VW TDIs.... including a V10,a Dieselgate Passat, and 2 ECOdiesels. 2014 Cadillac ELR 2013 Fiat 500E.
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02-11-2010, 04:14 PM
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Wow! Factory fresh. All that great work...well, you need a brand new fan
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02-11-2010, 04:21 PM
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Or paint it
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02-11-2010, 04:28 PM
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I will mail you a engine for you to build.Naw I'd say that was a good job.
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02-11-2010, 05:16 PM
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Good work!
Now just to get it in....
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Michael LaFleur '05 E320 CDI - 86,000 miles '86 300SDL - 360,000 miles '85 300SD - 150,000 miles (sold) '89 190D - 120,000 miles (sold) '85 300SD - 317,000 miles (sold) '98 ML320 - 270,000 miles (sold) '75 300D - 170,000 miles (sold) '83 Harley Davidson FLTC (Broken again) :-( '61 Plymouth Valiant - 60k mikes 2004 Papillon (Oliver) 2005 Tzitzu (Griffon) 2009 Welsh Corgi (Buba) 
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02-11-2010, 05:30 PM
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A really clean engine seems to run better. My wife is always somewhat critical of my cleaning up abilities. I can now show her your pictures and one of my engine bays.
I imagine the challenge of doing it better than you might motivate her to try. You have to know I also believe pigs can fly... I regularily bring cars home from the car auctions that have been cleaned and detailed to the point I really do not want to get in them. I almost always hear that it's too bad they cannot do a better job from her. Yet the insides of my average daily driver/construction car are usually a disaster. Hope the engine runs out as well as it looks.
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02-11-2010, 06:35 PM
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Looks VERY good, I don't think I've ever seen an OM617 that clean
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TC Current stable: - 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL - 2007 Saturn sky redline - 2004 Explorer...under surgery. Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth
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02-11-2010, 07:13 PM
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That does look really nice. I like your painted valve cover too. Can't wait to hear your report when it fires up for the first time.
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1993 W124 300D 2.5L Turbo, OM602.962 2000 Chevrolet Cavalier, 2.4L DOHC 2002 Ford Explorer, 4.0L SOHC 2005 Toyota Prius, 1.5L http://www.fuelly.com/sig-us/40601.png
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02-11-2010, 07:20 PM
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Mmmmm...how much
x3 on the final $ tally.
Superb by the way. FNHB PS Thanx for the reference pix.
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1987 300SDL "Rhona" 218k 1986 300SDL "Johanna" 166k - Abducted 5/15 outta SFV Reward 4 info 1984 300TD "Petra" 212k - Parts yard pirate, arrrrgh 1982 300CD "FrankenFemme" 178k - Eyes only TS-XWRKS transplant abomination (loc. classified) 1980 230CE "Lulu" aka "Terminal" 277k - Dying the slow death 1985 300CD "Gerda" 203k - She ain't playin' SOLD 1983 300TD "Svetlana" 240k...and pleading for more. SOLD "What a heavy load Einstein must've had...F&@%!NG morons everywhere!" - David Lynch
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#13
02-11-2010, 07:23 PM
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Is that a new vacuum pump? That adds another $300 to $400 to the rebuild right there. I would guess there is between $3k and $3.5k in the rebuild. The last one I rebuilt was around $3200 and that was a few years ago. The good thing is that he will have an engine for life if he wants
.Good job on the rebuild. You'll get a rush when it first starts. There is a chance that the engine assembly lube will make it smoke on initial start up.
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02-11-2010, 07:49 PM
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Wow. Simply Wow.
When I get back home and fire up my laptop, one of these pics is gonna become the new desktop background. Yes I am a geek, I know...
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'82 300D (project) '46 Willys (project) "Nothing seems to be the way it should in this garage." -jt20 "Smarter than an engine, dumber than a hoodlatch..." -jt20 "Start jumping up and down to smoosh down those engine mounts" -DeliveryValve "no" -kerry "At this rate, you may have it done by winter" -layback40
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