I am interested to know some info about either..... Question.. is the 124 like the 123, in that the 123 has integral to the engine casting, a rear suspension hydraulic pump, unlike the sedan engine which has no such pump?

I'm considering a conversion for a 1990 TE using a sedan 603. Did the 87 TD 603 have a different casting adopted for the rear suspension, or was the engine the same as the sedan?

Finding a nice 87 TD is seldom, so the idea of conversion comes to my mind!

Any thoughts or input will greatly be apprieciated.........BB

The 124 diesel wagon did not have the hydraulic pump cast into the engine head like the 123 wagon did. Rather, the 124 wagon uses a so-called "tandem-pump" to power both the self leveling and the power steering. It's really two separate pumps built into one. It has a standard reservoir and pump for the power steering. It also has fittings for a separate pump to draw from the self leveling reservoir and feed the suspension.

I'm not certain the engine castings are identical between the sedan and wagon, but I very much suspect they are. Most likely the differences lie only in the pump, or at most the pump+mounting bracket.

My $.02,

- JimY

I kinda suspected that!

What do you think of doing such a conversion, from TE to a TD?

Hi BusyBenz, wondering whether you made the swap in the meantime.
Cheers