I'd have thought they'd have used Toyota diesels. They look similar though, I wonder if somebody saw a Toyota diesel and thought it was from a Mercedes.
I bet a 617 would work out well. The original I6 wasn't a super powerhouse... If I were going to do it I'd use a 4BT Cummins though. -Curt Date: Thu, 03 May 2007 16:02:32 -0400 From: Allan Streib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [MBZ] OT: Mercedes diesel swap into Toyota FJ-40? To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii According to this[1] page, Toyota used Mercedes diesels in some of their Land Cruisers. Anyone know how difficult such a swap would be? Or what motor they used? There is an old Land Cruiser locally with a supposedly bad engine. [1] http://www.brian894x4.com/LCBandeirante.html Allan -- 1983 300D 1966 230 --------------------------------- Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu May 03 21:48:32 2007 Received: from wsip-24-249-104-140.ks.ks.cox.net ([24.249.104.140] helo=mtsqhexc1.mtsqh.com) by server8.arterytc8.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) id 1HjjA8-0000fl-6R for mercedes@okiebenz.com; Thu, 03 May 2007 21:48:32 +0000 content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6603.0 Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 16:46:34 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Re: [MBZ] this is a nice car, sombody should buy it Thread-Index: AceNzIKmqKdiv1BjQtaFiea1qP2Slw== From: "Donald Snook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.9.cp2 Subject: Re: [MBZ] this is a nice car, sombody should buy it X-BeenThere: mercedes@okiebenz.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9.cp2 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> List-Id: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes_okiebenz.com.okiebenz.com> List-Unsubscribe: <http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com> List-Post: <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 May 2007 21:48:32 -0000 Kaleb suggested that somebody should buy this car:=20 =20 http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.jsp?car_id=3D222085001 =20 Instead, I you should buy this one:=20 =20 http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.jsp?car_id=3D221355344=20 =20 It has lower miles, its cleaner, cheaper, comes with an extra set of wheels, and if you buy it now I will throw in a set of sheepskin seat covers. :-)=20 =20 Donald H. Snook 1990 300SEL 137K (For Sale)=20
