It can be done, but there seems to be an endless amount of little changes when you go from gas to diesel. It would make a great wagon though! One thing you might check a little further is the pilot bearing. In the 85 W123's with the 617T, MB decided to decrease the bore in the back of the crank by 1 mm, making the installation of the standard pilot bearing a real problem. I put my standard bearing in the 617T by placing it in the freezer over night and I had a very warm sun shinning on the crank. It went in pretty hard, but after now, after 3 years running but not too many miles every thing is OK. I certainly don't have any idea how I would go about replacing it though. It would be almost impossible to pull out.

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1983 Mercedes W123 240D 4 Speed 285,000 on the road with a 617 turbo, beautiful butter yellow, license plate # 83 240D INDIANA

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