My motor:
OM603.960 from an '87 MB 300D, 157K miles on it.
This is the 2996 cc (3.0L) turbo 6, 148HP and 201 ft. lbs. of torque.
I bought it from LKQ early this year to replace the one in my '87 300D that my wife ran without coolant and killed the motor. Never really liked that car (prefer the earlier W123), and it has been sitting with the dead motor in it for ~8 months (from which I am probably using the turbo for my 2H).
So, here I am, wondering what vehicles I might try to find to install it into.
Candidates would be:
Toyota mini truck (preferably one with a solid front axle)
An older Tacoma or T100.
And that's where I stop...
What I want is a cheap vehicle (preferably one with a bad motor in it) that would fetch a good resale price if converted to diesel, or better yet, one I would keep as a back up to my DD, but with functional UTILITY, (i.e. not a luxury sedan).
All suggestions are welcome, but ones with some technical insight indicating what would be the best/easiest job.
I have the entire MB 300 to use for parts, such as the transmission, harness, etc.
Anyone have a rust-free mini truck with no motor/dead motor, by chance?
If I had my druthers, I would find a cheap 40 or better yet, a 45 to put this motor into, but I can't afford one, even one with no motor.
Insights, offerings, suggestions, profound or mundane?
OM603.960 from an '87 MB 300D, 157K miles on it.
This is the 2996 cc (3.0L) turbo 6, 148HP and 201 ft. lbs. of torque.
I bought it from LKQ early this year to replace the one in my '87 300D that my wife ran without coolant and killed the motor. Never really liked that car (prefer the earlier W123), and it has been sitting with the dead motor in it for ~8 months (from which I am probably using the turbo for my 2H).
So, here I am, wondering what vehicles I might try to find to install it into.
Candidates would be:
Toyota mini truck (preferably one with a solid front axle)
An older Tacoma or T100.
And that's where I stop...
What I want is a cheap vehicle (preferably one with a bad motor in it) that would fetch a good resale price if converted to diesel, or better yet, one I would keep as a back up to my DD, but with functional UTILITY, (i.e. not a luxury sedan).
All suggestions are welcome, but ones with some technical insight indicating what would be the best/easiest job.
I have the entire MB 300 to use for parts, such as the transmission, harness, etc.
Anyone have a rust-free mini truck with no motor/dead motor, by chance?
If I had my druthers, I would find a cheap 40 or better yet, a 45 to put this motor into, but I can't afford one, even one with no motor.
Insights, offerings, suggestions, profound or mundane?
