I found a few on eBay, but not really sure if they would be worthwhile.
This auction claims to be selling a "new" turbo, but I'm not sure if that means rebuilt or newly manufactured. Would this be a good idea, or am I better off spending another $200 for MetricMotors rebuild?
78-86 Mercedes Turbocharger Turbo 300SDL 300SD 300TD D | eBay

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'86 500SEL 43k miles-sold
'82 240d-sold
'82 240d#2 200k miles simply beautiful
'80 300SD 184k miles "Sheikh Diesel"

Do some research on that guy before buying from him.

It certainly does look like a new one and I would not doubt that it is. All the turbos used by Mercedes were manufactured either by KKK or Air Research. I would recommend that you find out who made this one.

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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

2003 Jaguar Type X, AWD. beautiful, good mileage,
Mom's car, but I won't let her drive it!

That seller has a fair amount of negative feedback. These turbos last a long time, why not get one at a junkyard?

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

After a bit of investigating, and calling around, it turns out these turbos are Chinese manufactured copy-cats of the original. The company that sells it is Rothenbacher Engineering of NC, apparently the parts they sell are awful and have lead to many catastrophic engine failures for many Merc/Audi/VW owners. I think its very clearly worth paying the extra $200 for a MetricMotors rebuild!

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'86 500SEL 43k miles-sold
'82 240d-sold
'82 240d#2 200k miles simply beautiful
'80 300SD 184k miles "Sheikh Diesel"

New is nice to have, but there are a lot of good turbo`s in the yards. I think the price for a PNP Turbo is around $60 maybe a little more.
when i check the play on the shaft (up and down) they all have a little as well as the one on our 85 300D. as long as they don`t have horizontal movement, they should be good.

A new one is pretty though.

I didn`t know metric Motors sold parts, thought it was just assembled parts in the form of an engine.

Charlie

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there were three HP ratings on the OM616...

1) Not much power
2) Even less power
3) Not nearly enough power!! 240D w/auto

Anyone that thinks a 240D is slow drives too fast.

80 240D Naturally Exasperated, 4-Spd 388k DD 150mph spedo 3:58 Diff

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