Thread: W115300D Has a Knock, Need a Donor Engine
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Old 05-16-2011, 03:01 AM
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Originally Posted by tomscat1 View Post
The 617 engine was slightly modified to bring the oil filter topside for the W123. If the topside filter will not fit in the W115 engine bay----- and I am not sure that it won't--- is there a reason that the later engine cannot be re-modified to accept the original W115 style oil filter housing unit.... Since I have that available from my engine?
see pic in previous post, yes, it can work but it was explained to me to still be a pita -
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