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Man, that must have one convoluted driveshaft in it.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

move along, nothing to see....

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80 300SD (129k mi) 82 240D stick (193k mi)77 240D auto - stick to be (153k mi) 85 380SL (145k mi) 89 BMW 535i 82 Diesel Rabbit Pickup (374k mi) 91 Jetta IDI Diesel (155k mi) 81 VW Rabbit Convertible Diesel 70 Triumph Spitfire Mk III (63kmi)66 Triumph TR4a IRS (90k mi)67 Ford F-100 (??)

Ahhhh a mid engined off roader - that'll fly quite nicely.

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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!

Man I had my hopes up! I often toy with this idea in my RRC

boooo....got me excited over nothing.

May you find Janet Reno in your wet dreams!

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Ben
1987 190d 2.5Turbo

HAHAA That actually made me laugh

That rag in the turbo may cause issues under load.

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'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

That doesn't count!

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Codifex
1981 240D ChinaBlue (Got her running with a donor engine.)
1983 300DTurbo w/sunroof.
1984 300TD manual sunroof. (Electrical Gremlins)

It never ceases to surprise what people find in a disco !!
If its AWD I guess you could turn everything around & have the transfer case backward.

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Grumpy Old Diesel Owners Club group

I no longer question authority, I annoy authority. More effect, less effort....

1967 230-6 auto parts car. rust bucket.
1980 300D now parts car 800k miles
1984 300D 500k miles
1987 250td 160k miles English import
2001 jeep turbo diesel 130k miles
1998 jeep tdi ~ followed me home. Needs a turbo.
1968 Ford F750 truck. 6-354 diesel conversion.
Other toys ~J.D.,Cat & GM ~ mainly earth moving

You're doing it wrong

Glad I'm doing this....

I drove the truck over to the shop where we are going to do the work, about 20 miles... It started pissing antifreeze after about 10 miles, oil light on anytime I dropped below 1700 rpm... Temp needle pegged twice, and truck had a hard time hitting 50.... Still it got me there. Tomorrow I think I'll head over and pull the 3.9 from it to get it ready for step 2

There actually was a company making adapter plates to mate the 617 to the 4HP22 in the DI's as well as the Disco/Defender Manual boxes. Given parts availability for the 617 it would be an awesome swap for here in the US.

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'83 240D

Glad to hear that you're actually going through with the conversion! Keep us updated!

As a side note....I recall that you had a rebuilt 617 engine last year. Is this the same engine?

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1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

Yup. Since I had the nice engine already, and fell into this 95 Se7 with a 5 speed and rear air it seemed like the perfect match to me.