Yup - though I had to do that when I put the Olds V8 in the MGA. I keep hearing that drive shaft shops won't balance MB shafts - what if you asked them to balance each half separately - then it wouldn't matter how they are aligned when you assemble and install them.
Getting the "right" gen head and associated connection circuitry is what I haven't figured out -- On Dec 11, 2007 9:35 PM, Craig McCluskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:30:37 -0600 "OK Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm thinking that the 240D needs a NA 617 engine in front of the > > manual tranny, and the 616 engine needs to sit in front of a gen head, > > in the back yard. > > Good thinking! You'll have to change or modify the driveshaft, though. > > > Craig -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics." -Benjamin Disraeli and/or Mark Twain '90 300D, '87 300SDL, '81 240D, '78 450SLC, '97 Ply Grand Voyager _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
