Steve MacSween wrote:
on 6/29/06 1:36 PM, Steve MacSween at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Do I have ANY hope of successfully using the original 240d tranny with
the OM617, or am I just going to grenade it? It's absolutely perfect in
every way, right now. Right now no one has any decent used transmissions
around here, and I don't imagine our listmom is drooling to ship any of his
up here to Kanuckistan :-0....
Many 240D and 300D non-turbo 4 and 5 speed transmissions were used to
convert 617.95 engines. Biggest problem is the life of the clutch on the
240 flywheel and that might not be too bad. A heavier clutch/flywheel
from a 617.91 non-turbo diesel or an M110 (from a 280E/C/TE) would be
better I'm told but these will be in scarce supply in the US (rather
common in the rest of the world).
There is virtually NO advantage to converting a 4 speed auto to a 4
speed manual transmission. Of the line acceleration will be worse and
fuel economy will see almost NO improvement. With a 5 speed, at least
highway fuel economy can be improved noticeably (but off the line
acceleration will still be poor).
Marshall
Marshall
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Marshall Booth (who doesn't respond to unsigned questions)
"der Dieseling Doktor" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
'87 300TD 182Kmi, '85 190D 2.0 161Kmi, '87 190D 2.5 turbo 237kmi, '84
190D 2.2 229Kmi (retired)
