There ya go Roy.

Fixed.

I trimmed the fat so to speak to get right down to the important part of the message, less the bottom line meaning is lost.

Please don't abbreviate unless it is industry standard.
LP = liquid Propane.

The factory lift pump works fine, unless the WVO is lard/sludge, or you are in a cold climate.

FYI: Many restaurants are now selling their WVO, frequently under contract.
There have been many convictions for stealing WVO.

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Good thing I would never convert to doing so! That'd be completely rediculous!
And I'll start reading before asking more questions..I can take the heat as I know they've probably been asked and are out there.

Since it was mentioned earlier, and I commented....Here is a 1985 300D Non Turbo with a 4 speed Manual trans on Ebay.

Mercedes-Benz : 300-Series Mercedes-Benz : 300-Series | eBay

See, they arent all turbo.


Chris, glad you liked the post earlier. Kind of didnt know how it would be received since it may seem kind of dick-ish on my part. No harm intended.

Keep up the research. I think in your effort to learn how you can mod these things, you are confusing yourself. Or maybe I am totally wrong. These things are very simple. Start with a basic OM 617 or 603, swap it into your Jeep and then over time you will learn all its strengths and weaknesses and address them along the way. All this fuss before hand is silly. Just install the motor in your Jeep and be done with it. You will not be disappointed. These motors are awesome.

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83 300TD (need rear wiper assembly dead or alive)
84 300SD Daily driver
85 300TD almost 400k miles and driven daily.
98 E300D *sold
86 300SDL *sold and made flawless 10 hour journey to new home.

Ya I think thats a little of whats happening lol!
And no worries man, I came to your guys forum asking questions that have already been answered. So I take everything with a grain of salt!

I'm uploading pics now..I found a total of 5 turbo diesels, 4 in 1 yard and 1 in another yard. I'd say they are 90-100% complete. 1 has a non-egr turbo manifold, and it seemed there was 2 or 3 different turbos between the 5 as well. Also some had a huge air cleaner, some didn't...
I do remember seeing air research T3 on 2 of the turbos.
2 of them were at 304k & 310K
2 had cluster removed and I forgot to check the other lol..


Not they will be any help as they are pretty crappy, but maybe you guys may see something thats special, or something to avoid all together!

This appeared to be the cleanest/most together, 310K








And maybe you guys can decode vins and find things out about them?








Is there anything I should be looking at in particular when picking out my motor? I'm going to do a compression test on every one of these but who knows how accurate they will be cause the valves may/may not be adjusted.
I will also be building the motor there lol...picking the best turbo, picking the non egr manifold and everything! Whole motor is 300 with a 90 day warranty.
Which stock turbo was the best/biggest?

Um am I the only one that caught this but the turbo 617 was first introduced in 1978 in the w116 300SD..... Not 1982

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1987 300D 180k
1985 300SD 330k Helga
1992 300D Lola 269k- Sold
1986 325 coupe Bessie >300k Original engine(ODO Broke) sold
2006 2500HD Druamax Linda- Tows boat and looks pretty in garage thats about it

ME WANT!!!

Though if I'd been the owner when the repower was needed, I probably would have gone with a Federal model 617.952 and matching 3.07 diff.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.

see post 23

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Thanks, you are correct, forgive me, I had 123 on the brain!

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84 CD