This is the heavy 300D manual flywheel. trying to get what I paid. $300+ shipping

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1982 300CD Turbo (Otis, "ups & downs") parts for sale
2003 TJ with Hemi (to go anywhere, quickly) sold
2001 Excursion Powerstroke (to go dependably)
1970 Mustang 428SCJ (to go fast)
1962 Corvette LS1 (to go in style)
2001 Schwinn Grape Krate 10spd (if all else fails)

still available

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1982 300CD Turbo (Otis, "ups & downs") parts for sale
2003 TJ with Hemi (to go anywhere, quickly) sold
2001 Excursion Powerstroke (to go dependably)
1970 Mustang 428SCJ (to go fast)
1962 Corvette LS1 (to go in style)
2001 Schwinn Grape Krate 10spd (if all else fails)

I have a drive shaft off an old 280E manual and the 4 speed. Would this flywheel let me use the 5 cylinder NA engine in my 240?

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1978 Mercedes 240D
1981 Mercedes 240D
1982 Mercedes 240D

yes. you can run the 240 fw but the 300 is sweeter. It will make shifting smoother and the idle will feel like a six cylinder.

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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.

still for sale

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1982 300CD Turbo (Otis, "ups & downs") parts for sale
2003 TJ with Hemi (to go anywhere, quickly) sold
2001 Excursion Powerstroke (to go dependably)
1970 Mustang 428SCJ (to go fast)
1962 Corvette LS1 (to go in style)
2001 Schwinn Grape Krate 10spd (if all else fails)

PM sent, hit me up!

emailed reply, $285 shipped to Austin in wood box wrapped in cardboard

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1982 300CD Turbo (Otis, "ups & downs") parts for sale
2003 TJ with Hemi (to go anywhere, quickly) sold
2001 Excursion Powerstroke (to go dependably)
1970 Mustang 428SCJ (to go fast)
1962 Corvette LS1 (to go in style)
2001 Schwinn Grape Krate 10spd (if all else fails)

flywheel is SOLD, thanx

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1982 300CD Turbo (Otis, "ups & downs") parts for sale
2003 TJ with Hemi (to go anywhere, quickly) sold
2001 Excursion Powerstroke (to go dependably)
1970 Mustang 428SCJ (to go fast)
1962 Corvette LS1 (to go in style)
2001 Schwinn Grape Krate 10spd (if all else fails)

Congratulations!

Considering the amount of chat there is on this forum (and many others) of people saying they want / need / bleed for heavy manual gearbox OM617 flywheels you would have thought this would have been snapped up long ago along with your 5 speed cross member. This is one of the reasons why I am less inclined to believe people who contact me to see if I could pluck one for them from the nearest apple tree!

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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!

Those are not really necessary are they? I see no problems with the 240D flywheel I'm using with OM617.952 engine in a 300TD with 4 speed manual.

To be honest I don't really know - some say yes - some say no. I've never driven a turbo OM617 with a manual gearbox before so I'm not really the person to ask.

Some say the revs die fast and you have to get used to driving it that way - some people still put up with Microsoft products and wait half their lives for yet another update to install - some would say that Mercedes made it heavier for a reason...

...if you're happy with the 240D flywheel then you've saved a whole load of cash and trouble finding the heavier version. If I were to be doing this swap and I couldn't find the heavier flywheel I'd definitely try the 240D version first. I have a sneaky feeling though that with my Grand Dad style of driving I'd be irritated by it - for me the main benefit of a diesel engine is the low revving relaxed driving style it encourages; if I wanted something stressy and peppy I'd go for a turbo bandit M104 with a 722.3!

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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!

We have pick n pull here, a network of yards where you pull the parts yourself from older cars.

On a 50% sale day I got:

From a 240D ... 4 spd manual, shifter mechanism with rods, flywheel, clutch pressure and friction, pedals, clutch master and slave, rear trans mount crossmember and driveshaft for less than $300.

I wouldn't go to huge effort to find a heavier flywheel. 617s were not imported to the states with manual trans so they are rare.

Truer words and all...

And yet again...

Aristotle, is that you? Socrates, here

MBZ123

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1987 300SDL "Rhona" 218k
1986 300SDL "Johanna" 166k - Abducted 5/15 outta SFV Reward 4 info
1984 300TD "Petra" 212k - Parts yard pirate, arrrrgh
1982 300CD "FrankenFemme" 178k - Eyes only TS-XWRKS transplant abomination (loc. classified)
1980 230CE "Lulu" aka "Terminal" 277k - Dying the slow death
1985 300CD "Gerda" 203k - She ain't playin' SOLD
1983 300TD "Svetlana" 240k...and pleading for more. SOLD


"What a heavy load Einstein must've had...F&@%!NG morons everywhere!" - David Lynch

Nope - just some chap doing a bad impression of Jeremy Clarkson introducing the Stig

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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!

The flywheel is quite rare. The lighter one from a 4 cylinder seems to have "buzzy" vibration issues at some lower rpms when mated to the 617 engine. As Tom reported the heavier flywheel is smooth. It was I who pulled this flywheel from a euro w123 617 along with the entire transmission/driveshaft. I sold the rest separately.