That MAY be true..but does not make sense to me.

The gas engines that fit in a 190 have MORE HP than the deisel models. And so the transmissions shoudl be able to take MORE than the diesel engines. This should be true for even the "mighty" 123 or so HP the 2.5 turbo dishes out.

Same should go for the clutches.

And it seems to me that a manual transmission from a NA 2.5 should be capable of taking the additional 30 or so HP that the turbo model has available since at the low rpms that the cluthc is engaging at the 2.5 turbo and NA should both be producing about the same HP/torque. Once the turbo kicks in the clutch should be fully "locked up" and unless it slips under accelleration..which I think is unlikely if it uses the same clutch as a more powerful gas model..I can't see why they could not easily handle the output of a diesel engine.

Man..I need to get that parts dross refference guide. It would help answer these questions more definatively.

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Dana Linscott
Vegoil converted truck...vegoil converted 1987 190DT, 300 series next.

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