That could indeed be a way to get round import paper work - but if you have to play the game with a system that checks the engine number for an annual safety test you might find it hard to actually use it.

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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!

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Here is an older thread about the Gurkha

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/open-discussion/247196-gurkha-action.html


Post#3 the guy mentions the OM616 Turbo is NLA, this is dated from 2010.

Moding a gurkha.


Found some more info.


Was there ever a U.S. OM 616 Turbo?


Charlie

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there were three HP ratings on the OM616...

1) Not much power
2) Even less power
3) Not nearly enough power!! 240D w/auto

Anyone that thinks a 240D is slow drives too fast.

80 240D Naturally Exasperated, 4-Spd 388k DD 150mph spedo 3:58 Diff

We are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics. Funny how that works

As luck would have it, most of us don't reside in areas where such systems are in place. My Merc doesn't even have to be emissions tested here in Washington State, and truth be told, if they did do visual inspections, they wouldn't likely have a clue what the heck they were looking at.

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- K.C.Adams

'77 300D Euro Delivery
OM617 turbo / 4-speed swap
404 Milanbraun Metallic / 134 Dattel MB-Tex

Current status:
* Undergoing body work

My '77 300D progress thread

Well we should start with the envopacks then!

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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!

I was thinking wood crates would be fine. No?

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- K.C.Adams

'77 300D Euro Delivery
OM617 turbo / 4-speed swap
404 Milanbraun Metallic / 134 Dattel MB-Tex

Current status:
* Undergoing body work

My '77 300D progress thread

Depends on the EPA radar I guess!

Stuff parts into willing teenagers? Wheelchairs? Medical supplies? I don't know - do we have any members in the Dominican Republic who can give advice on this?

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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!

I'm guessing just listing the contents are replacement auto parts would suffice. I'm pretty sure the EPA doesn't hang out on the docks with diesel part sniffing dogs. I mean, those clear turn signal reflectors are sold all over the place here, and those really are on the import ban list.

A good friend of mine knows some people that were playing with the idea of importing old school BMW motorcycle clones from China. (Actually pretty nice clones) As it turned out, importing a whole bike was a problem, and had a ton of paperwork and fees associated with it. Importing the bikes disassembled, however, and constructing them on home soil was no problem at all.

There is pretty much a way to do just about anything, it seems.

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- K.C.Adams

'77 300D Euro Delivery
OM617 turbo / 4-speed swap
404 Milanbraun Metallic / 134 Dattel MB-Tex

Current status:
* Undergoing body work

My '77 300D progress thread

There are tons of MB 201 (?) vans running around India with the turbo 616 engines. I would think replacement engines for them would be readily available since they are so widespread and used as mini buses/taxis/airport shuttles. It's not as if they're just used in the Gurkha.

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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

Thank you Kerry Gurkha is still around, got myself a new Gurkha and a Rexton W which is Korean version of 2007 ML270 with OM612 five cylinder. They put a VGT on it and tuned it to 184bhp with 401NM of torque, even with all that weight the thing flies and keeps up with other SUVs.

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99 Gurkha with OM616 IDI turbo

2015 Gurkha with OM616 DI turbo

2014 Rexton W with OM612 VGT

The Land Rover fans have a major problem with their non US market vehicles being seized, and without compensation...

https://www.google.com/search?q=land+rover+seized+by+government

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The OM 642/722.9 powered family
Still going strong
2014 ML350 Bluetec (wife's DD)
2013 E350 Bluetec (my DD)

both my kids cars went to junkyard in 2023
2008 ML320 CDI (Older son’s DD) fatal transmission failure, water soaked/fried rear SAM, numerous other issues, just too far gone to save (165k miles)
2008 E320 Bluetec (Younger son's DD) injector failed open and diluted oil with diesel, spun main bearings (240k miles)

1998 E300DT sold to TimFreeh
1987 300TD sold to vstech

how cool is that! what controls the VGT vanes?

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'77 240D, 504H, OM617.952, etc.

To my knowledge they call it eVGT.

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99 Gurkha with OM616 IDI turbo

2015 Gurkha with OM616 DI turbo

2014 Rexton W with OM612 VGT

The DI turbo OM616 develops 82bhp with 230NM of torque compared to previous IDI turbo's 91bhp and 190NM of torque.

The Rexton VGT OM612 Turbo does 184bhp with 401NM of torque.

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99 Gurkha with OM616 IDI turbo

2015 Gurkha with OM616 DI turbo

2014 Rexton W with OM612 VGT