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10-27-2006, 11:44 PM
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Project 300D, the 240D Mutation.......
I've been mildly preparing for this for the past several weeks. Well, tonight with the wife's help (believe it or not), I moved the 300D from the rock parking area, to my 6' strip of concrete in front of the garage. That Ford tractor is still my best diesel...
 The project: remove 5 cyl. with broken chain  , tranny, driveshaft, pedals, etc....From my wrecked 240D (Scar), swap engine/tranny (manual), drive shaft, pedals, brake booster and master cyl., radiator, etc........ basically whatever it takes to complete the swap. This car won't ever be worth much, but at least I own both vehicles, so cash outlay from here will be as little as possible. I just want a manual diesel Mercedes to drive, so I'll see over the next few weeks and months if I can pull it off. This thread is just to document the journey, and see what happens. Who knows, if it ever is drivable, I may try to swap the entire manual climate "stuff" also. I've never pulled an engine before, much less a swap like this, but it will keep me from watching so much TV maybe.....  Wish me luck, and prepare for questions as I go.........  btw, 300D = 1977, 240D = 1981
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Jimmy L. '05 Acura TL 6MT  2001 ML430 My Spare Gone: '95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black '85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White '80 240D 154K "China"  Scar engine installed'81 300TD 240K "Smash" '80 240D 230K "The Squash" '81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John Last edited by JimmyL; 10-28-2006 at 12:10 AM. 
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10-27-2006, 11:46 PM
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The junk motor, the donor 240D, and it's engine....
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Jimmy L. '05 Acura TL 6MT 2001 ML430 My Spare Gone: '95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black '85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White '80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed'81 300TD 240K "Smash" '80 240D 230K "The Squash" '81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John
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10-27-2006, 11:48 PM
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I think that's the worst paint I've seen to date....
Humm... Most of us are going from a 240D and dropping in a 300D engine, not the other way around.
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10-28-2006, 12:08 AM
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Jimmy L. '05 Acura TL 6MT 2001 ML430 My Spare Gone: '95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black '85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White '80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed'81 300TD 240K "Smash" '80 240D 230K "The Squash" '81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John
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10-28-2006, 10:38 AM
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We all want what we don't have I guess........
[/QUOTE]Truer words were never spoken. Keep the pictures coming. Good Luck Kevin 1979 240D manual 1984 190D manual
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10-28-2006, 10:46 AM
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Zomg, that paint is bad. lol
My SD had you beat there in the back, I had a H U G E dent in the trunk lid and basically primer from the factory there. Lemme know if/when you need help. Extra eyes/hands are always good to have...
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10-28-2006, 11:01 AM
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Cool!
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 Good luck, Jimmy!
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10-28-2006, 11:14 AM
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The electrical issues make me the most nervous, but there is little pressure with a project such as this. Heck, if I get it running/driving then I have to come up with a name. It's always been "The Parts Car"...... Believe it or not, I drove SCAR (the wrecked 240) up and down the road a few times, and there is nothing wrong with a little 240D. Especially for those of us that have left our youth far behind...... 
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10-28-2006, 11:12 AM
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It'll buff out, right easy! Take the paint down to metal on a few spots and get some rust going! Hoodrides are VERY in right now 
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10-28-2006, 11:18 AM
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Jimmy L. '05 Acura TL 6MT 2001 ML430 My Spare Gone: '95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black '85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White '80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed'81 300TD 240K "Smash" '80 240D 230K "The Squash" '81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John
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10-28-2006, 12:14 PM
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no reason it wont work. though changing over the heating system is probably harder than the engine swap. to do it right you also need to change the rear end, which may be almost as hard as swapping the motor and tranny.
tom w
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