Well, I believe the chain jumped about 12 or more teeth from where it was originally placed, I did take the lower oil pan off and inspeced the oil pump chain, I was hoping it could just be somting inside the oil pump that could be causing this problem. How hard is it to pull these engines? I think if it gets down to a teardown Im going to either sell this car or go to a junk yard and try to find a good one with a bad transmission and just swap those out. or if i can find a wrecked car with decent milage ill just jerk the engine out of it and put it in mine. What are the differences in engines of 300D's vs. 300SD's? can they be swapped without a problem? There are a abundace of the 300D's down at the yard and the probility of finding a good low milage engine in one is high. Will my 300SD tranny fit into a 300 D? What if i got a good V8? did they use the same trannys for them too? anyways just crazy ideas - anything would be helpful because Im realy hesitant to sell this car!!!!!!!!! THANKS - william

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1983 Mercedes 300SD
1987 Mercedes 300SDL
2001 VW Passat 2.8 AWD
2007 OM642 Jeep WK 4x4