Mercedes diesel in a jeep

I looked into this awhile back. But..... because of the front sump and oil pump, there was no clearance between the oil pan and front diff.

The engine is 29 1/2" tall from the bttom of the pan to the top of the valve cover.

The only 4x4 body that afforded the front diff clearance was the old style Nissan Patrol. But the frame rails are very narrow......

Is it just that the sump is to large or are there engine components in the sump that would not allow the fabrication of a custom sump that fits around the front differential. I can fab almost anything as long as there are not parts in the way. Also can it be negated by a lift kit?

Suggest you investigate whether the 300D Turbo was sold new in Europe with a manual transmission. Then it may be possible to find the piece(s) you need from a salvage yard in Germany or the UK etc.

No, you cannot fab the pan differently. The oil pump is right there!

Not sure a lift kit will do much good.

Keep the benz auto transmission. My father once put in a 300D and its auto transmission into a Ford Econoline camper. had to prefab some stuff to mount the engine but other than that no problem.

cp

The problem with keeping the auto is that we don't want to use a divorced transfer case behind it as it will extent the front drive shaft quite a bit. We would like to avoid this if at all possible. I have worked out allot of the problems with the swap but am now concerned about the sump.

Does the pump extend to the bottom of the sump could it at least be shortened. Or could the pump be relocated somehow via creative fab work?

You guys appear to contemplate ripping up the rule books and making whatever you want out of a motor.

Fair play!

But maybe that could rather be harnessed by asking the forum what we want from a car and then going into production??

Let's make the people's Benz!

A Volksbenz!

DAS

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I think Homer already did that and it was craptacular.

Marty

I thought I would feed the term to Prof Google and I found an amusing link high up

In the following discussion thread the first suggestion is that she has Alzheimer's and that she might confuse the brake with the accelerator pedal etc etc, but a couple of people spring to her defence.. Anyway, one guy points out that you can get other cars for similar money and that the only reason buy them (A-Class) is because of the star on the key fob...the A being a Volksbenz...

DAS

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