Those things are hard to find... Ed Normandy wrote: > I have a 1991 Suburban with a 6.2 liter diesel. The Suburban is large, > luxurious and has all possible options. I only have around $4,000.00 > invested in it. Why not look for something like this? > > Ed Normandy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Weaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <Biofuel@sustainablelists.org> > Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 9:12 AM > Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Starting at Square One > > > >>No, but I think it sounds like a whopping amount of work when you can >>buy a used 240D or 300D for a few thousand. >> >>Bear in mind diesels have no vacuum so you will need a pump if your gas >>body vehicle requires it. >> >>Kurt Nolte wrote: >> >>>In update news, I didn't even end up bidding on the I-Mark in the end. >>> >>>So it's back to local resources, which seem for the most part to be >>>primarily diesel trucks of the heavy variety. Ick. >>> >>>However. >>> >>>Does anyone here know if I can fit a Mercedes diesel engine under a >>>Volvo body? I can get a Mercedes parts car, I believe with the I4 diesel >>>from the early Eighties, and I can also get a Volvo body style and >>>transmission preference. Has anyone else on the list ever done a >>>conversion from gas to diesel across brands? >>> >>>I'm fairly mechanically competent, I'm just trying to decide if it would >>>be worth it in the end or if I should instead go with trying to fix up >>>one of the cheaper ones and just deal with driving something not quite >>>to my liking. If nothing else it would be a challenge, which can be good >>>or bad. >>> >>>-Kurt >>> >>> >>>------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>Biofuel mailing list >>>Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >>> > > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > >>>Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >>>http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html >>> >>>Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 > > messages): > >>>http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ >>> >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Biofuel mailing list >>Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >>http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org >> >>Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >>http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html >> >>Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 > > messages): > >>http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
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