On Mar 14, 2006, at 4:38 PM, Bob DuPuy wrote:
Oil filter canister huh, I hadn't thought about that one. You sure its
different and not cross compatible?
Bob DuPuy
Its gotta be swapped. The earlier car had a mechanical gauge later
SD electric. Parts can't be swapped between the two to
Youll have to change the upper oil Pan! Scheiße I think as one of
the rods escaped at high velocity it took part of the lower block and
upper pan with it. The crossmember is different on the 116 from that
of a 126, is it really that different??
Bob DuPuy
On 3/14/06, John Robbins [EMAIL
I have never actually done an engine swap, but the first W116 I bought
had one done to it... with the newer oil pan left on. When you look
underneath your W116 in the near future, look at the cross member as it
goes underneath the oil pan. A few inches towards the rear of the car
is the
Without going into the gorey details I have a hole in the block of my
nice new to me 1980 300SD. It just so haapens I still have the engine
and tranny from my 83 300SD. The older tranny only has 150,000 mi
while the 83 has over 300 but was shifting fine. Can I mate the 83
engine to the 80
Bob DuPuy wrote:
Without going into the gorey details I have a hole in the block of my
nice new to me 1980 300SD. It just so haapens I still have the engine
and tranny from my 83 300SD. The older tranny only has 150,000 mi
while the 83 has over 300 but was shifting fine. Can I mate the 83
while the 83 has over 300 but was shifting fine. Can I mate the 83
[SD] engine to the 80 [SD] transmission, or is there a crankshaft
pilot problem?
Oughta work!
-- Jim
yep, it will work just fine. You will have to swap the oil filter
canister, linkage, motor mount arms and such but it should be a drop in
replacement.
Bob DuPuy wrote:
Without going into the gorey details I have a hole in the block of my
nice new to me 1980 300SD. It just so haapens I still
Oil filter canister huh, I hadn't thought about that one. You sure its
different and not cross compatible?
Bob DuPuy
On 3/14/06, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
yep, it will work just fine. You will have to swap the oil filter
canister, linkage, motor mount arms and such but it
