its been almost a decade since I visited this thread.
The other day while I was surfing YouTube, I ran into a video that appeard to be a hybrid bellowing. It appeared that the transmission was a BMW 420G with a welded on Mercedes bellowing. The transmission housing with the welded bell was on a lathe and it looked like the inside weld was being machineI cant find the video anymore.

And chance that video is of this project?

Wishful thinking.

-cth

Sorry for falling off the planet. My mom was in and out of the hospital for a couple of months and passed away mid May. I have had my hands full but am finally getting to a point where things are handled.

I got the trans mount forks fixtured up and ready to weld and then all hell broke loose. I will get the mount repaired this week and start to build a crate for the Trans.

Dave,

My condolences.

With warm regards,

-CTH

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I picked a small pallet from a ware house pile to use as a foundation for the trans pallet.

Trans rear mount fingers repaired. Going to give it a once over and crate it up..

Almost ready to close it up..

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was gonna say, "ah, wait, doesn't the clutch mount the other way around?"
Then I realized, "no, on a wooden divider panel, that's the way to to do it."

In short, "Thanks Dave!"

-CTH

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I haven't seen much on this thread in a while. But I found this and thought it would be worth posting.

For newer V8's and V6
https://pmcmotorsport-shop.com/eng_m_Swap-Solutions-Adapter-Kits_Full-Adapter-Kits_Mercedes-Benz-M112-M113-M156-259.html

For I6's
https://pmcmotorsport-shop.com/eng_m_Swap-Solutions-Adapter-Kits_Full-Adapter-Kits_Mercedes-Benz-M104-OM605-OM606-265.html

No V12's or old Maa6/M117. I guess I'm still on the hook.

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John, am glad you asked, because Dave & I got distracted (and buried in snow) around Thanksgiving. Everything is packed up and ready to ship back to me. I just need to wake up the car from several years of slumber and the result should something that moves under its own power.

That will take a little while, but it will happen in 2022.
-CTH

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That's an interesting way to do it. Maintain the original flywheel as the starter ring gear, and bolt their custom little deal to it. Not sure how cost effective it is from a maintenance perspective in the long run, but who knows!

The nice thing about the M112/M113 is that the 6-speed from both a C240 and the Chrysler Crossfire will bolt right up. The associated flywheels will work too (use C240 flywheel for an early M112/M113, and Crossfire for later motors).

Definitely excited to see CTH's progress at his next update. He'll have one fun car, that's for sure!

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1997 Jeep Wrangler
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I've had to pull my motor out due to needing to get to a cracked front cover (I won't go into details on this, other than it happens) and figuring I may as well do all the seals front and rear while I'm at it.

But now that I've got it out, I'm wondering if I should start looking at getting that T5 in there. M113 would be cool, but if I can buy myself a few more years of driving with the M117, I will.

My autobox is misbehaving, and I don't want to rebuild another, nor send it off to Sun Valley and let them do it for me if ultimately it's gonna be removed anyway.

I would definitely like to get the car back on road ASAP, but at this point I'm in no hurry save for state inspection and registration in September.

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1984 500SE
1985 190E 2.3-16
1997 Jeep Wrangler
1998 Dodge Durango SLT 5.9
1951 170S
1996 Ford F350 7.3 ZF5 swap

The guy who sold me my 75 XJ12C does these conversions for a bunch of cars. Check out www.thedrivenman.com

I'm pretty sure that he has a kit for a pagoda which I expect would work for a 617.

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6 grand to bolt it in. Nice.
Using the TKx would be nicer...
https://www.tremec.com/menu.php?m=184
-cth

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He only has them for the W113's. Which were already available with a 4 or 5 speed manual?

TKx is a 5 speed. Any concerns with the Magnum 6 speeds.

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There's a manual option for just about every body style of Mercedes from the 50's - 90's. Some were just not available or common in the US.

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Al