On 5/3/07, Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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
Toyota diesels were a reverse engineered MB diesel. They look almost
identical to an OM615/OM616, right down to the valve cover.
Jeff Zedic
Funny how that happens -
The early Datsun sports cars were copied from MGs, the Subaru is a
German Goliath copy -
On 5/4/07, Jeff Zedic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Toyota diesels were a reverse engineered MB diesel. They look almost
identical to an OM615/OM616, right down to the valve cover.
Would this one work?
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/4774315.html
--R
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On 5/3/07, Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'd have
type toyota land cruiser mercedes diesel in google and you get as the
first item:
1960 - The 20 Series was upgraded to the now classic 40
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_FJ40. Toyota
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota made many production changes by
buying new steel presses. Mechanically,
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
