Those people seem to think the 123 was the greatest car ever and there is no arguing with them. My first car was a 123 and they are great, but far from the best car ever.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 16, 2022, at 9:28 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > That's the 123 fakebook crowd, they haven't graduated to molesting 126s yet > although I do see some 126 hoodstacks > > --FT > >> On 1/16/22 9:42 AM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: >> I think he should consult some of the “experts” in the FB groups. This >> sounds like one of their projects. >> >> -D >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>>> On Jan 16, 2022, at 8:57 AM, Buggered Benzmail via >>>> Mercedes<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> Make videos of the swap process for the utuber! You’ll be famous! Sounds >>> like a great project, good luck with it. >>> >>> —FT >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>>> On Jan 15, 2022, at 11:46 PM, Jack Crone via >>>> Mercedes<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Some things I forgot to mention in my last email. Firstly, I believe the >>>> flywheel should bolt up although I will have to try that out after this >>>> icestorm blows over. No my car works and ironically I just swapped the >>>> trans but I don't want to have to deal with transmission problems ever >>>> again because my last one puked a quart of fluid every 150 miles or so >>>> because 3 of the bolts that held the pan on stripped. Secondly the >>>> transmission should bolt up to the om603 in the 300sdl, no this isn't a >>>> om617 w126 and yes I know the starter on an om617 is on the other side. >>>> Although I haven't done measurements yet on where the shifter will fall it >>>> appears just from looking at it that it might fall pretty close to where >>>> the automatic shifter would be in a stock configuration. Although I haven't >>>> checked if the tooth count I'd the same for both flywheels if I need to I >>>> can always go back for the starter on the c230 and just use that, hopefully >>>> it's adequate for the diesel but we'll see. To bypass the neutral safety >>>> switch I probably will just shift it so it thinks it is in neutral, and >>>> just leave it plugged in ziptied out of the way. Although I haven't figured >>>> out how I will wire up the reverse lights if need be i can wire up a switch >>>> to turn them on and off. Hopefully I remembered everything but I will add >>>> on if I forgot anything. >>>> Thanks, >>>> Jack >>>> >>>>>> On Sat, Jan 15, 2022, 11:34 PM Jack Crone<j...@crone.us> wrote: >>>>> Hi yall, I'm going to attempt to do a manual swap into my 87 300sdl >>>>> sometime in the future although I haven't decided when yet. Depends >>>>> entirely on when i finish my om617 swap into a 85 ram d100. Anyway so I >>>>> have pulled the flywheel, clutch, shifter assembly, front half of the >>>>> driveshaft, flex disc, and transmission from what is either an 01 or 04 >>>>> C230 Kompressor with a stick. I believe the trans designation is 716.4xx >>>>> although I'm not 100 percent sure on this. Since I can't find a set of >>>>> pedals for a w126 and couldn't figure out how to pull the ones from the >>>>> c230, yes I know I can modify w123 pedals but those are hard to find too. >>>>> My buddy recommended using pedals from an e36 bmw 3 series so I'm going to >>>>> source a clutch pedal assembly from one and make the brake pedal work. The >>>>> transmission is within an inch in total length to the propshaft of the >>>>> 722.3 that came stock in the 300sdl so I don't believe I have to modify >>>>> the >>>>> length of the driveshaft which is nice although I do have to convert the >>>>> prop on the driveshaft to the one from the c230 but that shouldn't be too >>>>> difficult to do. I was sending this out partially in case anyone else ever >>>>> wanted to do this and also because i would like any advice yall may have >>>>> on >>>>> anything I maybe missing. >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Jack >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> To search list archiveshttp://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archiveshttp://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archiveshttp://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > -- > --FT > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
