Yeah, I heard that too. It's been done tho... The engine's well engineered,
robust, ubiquitous (around here, anyway).
My next ridiculous guess is the mill out of the diesel Rabbit.
Todd Schlemmer
Vashon Island, WA
www.ozedeph.com
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From: lro-admin@koan.team.net [mailto:lro-admin@koan.team.net]On Behalf
Of Patrick Parsons
Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 8:55 PM
To: lro@koan.team.net
Subject: Re: [lro] Diesel Swap (was Forward control question)
On 2/9/03 6:06 PM, "Todd Schlemmer" <nullman@centurytel.net> wrote:
>> However this
>> particular one has been pulled from it's past set of wheels after 800 000
>> kms of service, with perfect oil pressure, excellent compression and a
> fresh
>> turbo.
>
> I'm guessing M/B
Didn't the benz diesels have oil pan clearance issues with the front axle
and odd-angle oil feed issues when used in LRs? Might be an urban legend,
but I remember them being talked about about five or more years back. Could
have been a lesser list, though.
--pat.
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