hello,
i may be getting a 1987 300sdl that needs an oil pan. will a pan from a 603 from a w124 300d work or is the w126 pan different?
thanks
gregg

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Same pan. Even the pan from a 90-91 350SD/L will work but it won't have the side sump.

Sixto
87 300D

Yes, oil pans are interchangeable (w124 <-> w126).

Salutte!

indeed, all the same. I have one if you need it.

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1991 350SD

Just curious, are there advantages to the side pump? Why did they change the design?

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Side sump. There's a detachable compartment on the starboard side of the oil pan. I don't know why MB made it that way then changed it. I suppose they designed around a crossmember limitation in an existing application then decided later on to go conventional.

Sixto
87 300D