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Originally posted by mr. Goodwrench
I would recommend getting the engine also so that there will be no imbalance problems. The flywheel is balanced along with the crankshaft and vibration dampener as a unit. Any mismatching will result in an imbalanced engine. Mercedes only started balancing individual components with the introduction of the Baby Benzes.
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Well...., that's JUST dandy! First I'd heard this. Thought they were internally balanced? If not, then I'm f**ked! Just spent the last month doing this conversion and having a nightmare of a time with everything from the pilot bearing to the driveline. Now I find that I "should" have taken my 300D flywheel down and had the 240D flywheel balanced to match? After it's almost road worthy?
My assumption was that they were an internally balanced engine and that the individual external components were balanced separately. If this is NOT the case as you say, then this mod is a NON-mod for the 300D.
A person is truly better off rebuilding their auto or swapping in a junkyard auto tranny than trying to do this kind of hack job (that will cost MUCH more than any rebuilt auto trans!)
Let's look at reality here:
Cost of removing the engine, stripping it to crank and pistons, having the new components balanced with the new flywheel, re-assy (new parts needed there of course, gaskets, seals, etc.) Then the cost of all the parts to swap (tranny, driveline shortening/balancing, clutch parts, etc.).
I can already see $5-6k racked up here and that's NOT including labor (I'm out of work right now so labor is free!).
Rebuilt auto trans for the 300D: $1,200 + install.
For all those who claimed they had done this mod and it was a "direct" swap-in, what say ye regarding this externally balanced engine claim??