Please see posts 25 thru 34.

Car went public in July '13. Done about 3500mls since and it's now stored till April when the weather here improves.
For a while I've been encouraged by Mach4 to put up a build thread. Just took me for ever to do it.



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Only problem with the shaft was a ticking which increased with road speed. Tracked it down to a parking brake cable touching one of the balance weights once per rev of the shaft.



Sorted.




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Come on keep it going....

Great work! Thanks so much for sharing all your efforts with us.

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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.

April is soon arriving , happy motoring !

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1979 300D 220 K miles
1995 C280 109 K miles
1992 Cadillac Eldorado Touring Coupe 57K miles SOLD
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1979 240D 140Kmiles (bought for parents) *SOLD.
SAN FRANCISCO/(*San Diego)
1989 300SE 148 K miles *SOLD

Extremely Impressive. Good work!

It all looks wonderful.
A friend would like me to drop a 300D engine into his '72 280SE. Insist it's a piece of cake that would only take a few days. Ha!

Happy Motoring, Mark

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Amazing work. We don't have the onerous MOT reg's you deal with, and that I see on the Wheeler Dealers show. There are some rules on swapping older engines into newer cars in some states, but as long as you don't sell the car it won't be inspected in CA.

I know little of M-B gas (i.e. petrol) engines, but that DOHC in-line six w/ Jetronic fuel injection you removed looks sweet to this Chrysler slant six owner. I have thought of going the other way if the diesel in one of my 300D's fails again. I have a gas Chrysler small block V-8 and tranny lying around, but the thought of dealing w/ mods to the K-frame, oil pan, engine mounts, and driveshaft is intimidating. I am not a diesel fanatic, and it is more expensive than gas in the U.S. I just hope for cheap bio-diesel someday.

Love it. When can you build one for me?

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Current Diesels:
1981 240D (73K)
1982 300CD (169k)
1985 190D (169k)
1991 350SD (116k)
1991 350SD (206k)
1991 300D (228k)
2008 ML320 CDI (199k)
1996 Dodge Ram CTD (442k)
1996 Dodge Ram CTD (267k)

Past Diesels:
1983 300D (228K), 1985 300D (233K), 1993 300D 2.5T (338k), 1993 300SD (291k)

OUTSTANDING.
No wonder this topic landed in Peach Parts newsletter
I know you will find thousands of garages with project like that started, but I heard about only one more of this magnitude that is on the road.
I think good things should go in pair, so here is the link to the topic about guy in Poland doing another impossible.
W124 OM606.910 swap gearbox, turbo, electronic IP and etc from W210

This......he even chose the right MB turbodiesel engine I would have.......a fast one!!!

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'06 E320 CDI
'17 Corvette Stingray Vert

Just caught up with this and although I have enormous admiration for what is being done, I have to wonder why. The answer that the builder prefers diesel to gasoline and that the original engine is not so great for UK roads begs several questions. While the dohc 2.8 litre gas engine has enough oomph for most drivers (bearing in mind that these 30 year old or more cars are pretty much cruisers rather than muscle cars) the R207 is no lightweight and I have to wonder if the installation of even a turbo diesel is going to improve performance that much. While the finished product will no doubt be one hell of an achievement all I can see is the ruination of a classic.

ALL the OP's pictures just disappeared. Wonder what's up with that?? Could be Druk decided to do a proprietary how-to by subscription instead. It was nice to get to see it while it lasted........

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'06 E320 CDI
'17 Corvette Stingray Vert

Or, it could be that he exceeded the bandwidth of his photobucket account.

Bandwidth Exceeded (Look Who's Popular) – Photobucket Support

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1968 220D, w115, /8, OM615, Automatic transmission.
My 1987 300TD wagon was sold and my 2003 W210 E320 wagon was totaled (sheds tear).

Well it has just been included in a Pelican news letter so I guess that raised the hits.

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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!