I have an ugly, rusty, fairly broken 1980 240D that I bought for $1500 to limp me through last year including the toughest winter we've had in 100+ years.

The vehicle performed splendidly and managed to get me where I was going. Early this spring the harmonic balancer came loose and sheared off the dowel pins.

The fit of the old balancer is extremely sloppy and the keyholes for the pins are deformed.

I'm reticent to order another balancer just to see if a newer one will fit snugly on the old crankshaft because I fear that the end of the crank is not worth saving.

So what would you do? Scavenge parts and call the scrap guy? Try to pull the motor? Is it worth it?

Today I'm leaning toward pulling good parts and calling the scrap guys.

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1965 190D
1980 240D