Fri Oct 14 11:00:44 2005
RE:  Mercedes Diesel into an XJ (or SJ)

the two, or three issues to resolve are:

	1) engine mounts - not a big problem, the XJ (downsized cherokee from '87-01) have
		an easy to adapt frame setup, I haven't examined the benz mounts but
		suspect something could be welded on to sit "on" the frame rails in the XJ.

	2) engine to transmission adapter - torque converter? adapter ring? starter?
or
	3) transmission to transfer case (preferred solution) - divorced setup with
		an intermediate shaft and braces/mounts for the xfr case, this is
		the approach I am considering.

Wiring, climate control, cooling and such will be issues, but common to engine swaps
and easily overcome.

The other issue that will be encountered is the oil sump for the benz engines are
in the front, this will interfere with the axle and the steering... if a rear sump
could be found for the Diesel Benz engine this will solve the problem

The same issues exist if one uses a Full Size Jeep.

My current plan is to finish the '83 J10 stepside with the 6.2L Diesel, 700r4
and either an np208 or np219 setup.  It's got dual tanks so I can use wvo if I
figure out a fuel heater.

I'm thinking of building out an XJ with a Mercedes 3.0L or 2.5L TD, but this is
probably just a mental exercise and will never happen, in part because I'll have
a nice J10 and also because the xj doesn't have an easily configurable dual tank
capability.

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john meister

On Fri, 14 Oct 2005, T David wrote:

>-->Hi John,
>-->    I sunscribe to the Diesel Benz list and I have a
>-->question regarding swapping a Benz diesel engine into
>-->a jeep XJ model.  Is this what you have tried to do in
>-->the past? I am not that familiar with the Jeep
>-->designations so I don't know from the traffic on the
>-->Benz diesel list chatter.
>-->    If one was to consider the swap, what things in
>-->particular would be more difficult to overcome? I.E.
>-->engine to trans interface, etc.
>-->    If this has been discussed already, then could you
>-->please direct me to the information.
>-->
>-->Thanks,
>-->Dave T
>-->Seattle
>-->
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