Thread: MT82 gearbox to LT230 transfer box

Hello All,

These two links are what started me off I like Mercedes Diesels .... I like Land Rovers

Accessed July 1st 2016 from [ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aoe4CPkaKMA[/ame]


Accessed July 1st 2016 from, Brush with stardom | LRO.com UK

The first link is for a Series III and the second link is the one that sucked me in. However, they started off with a Defender 90 inch chassis to which they added Series III panels.

I have a choice of four cylinder and six cylinder Series III chassis and quite a number of panels available if I went down the route of the first link from Youtube

The Advantage of the second link is that being a Defender it has coil springs and disc brakes. I would go the 110 inch option though.

Yes the Series III chassis can be converted to both coil springs, disc brakes however - why not give yourself a head start and begin with a chassis that has both elements?

Did Defenders have power steering as well - another advantage over the Series III - yes they can be converted as well.

Just means it opens the door up to Defender type information - a bit like a Pandora's box.

Yes, it would be a challenge according to a recent seller only 20 OM606 diesels came into Australia in the E series Mercedes. One of which was a complete - currently registered car which sold on Carsales last week for $5000.

Yes I am insane ... I like Land Rovers bah hawww haaa and Mercedes ... I prefer tray back utes over station wagons or hard tops - what is a deluded fellow such as myself supposed to do? Why not combine the three maniacal laugh x 2.

Kind Regards
Lionel

Hello All,

Here is a Mercedes to Mercedes transplant featuring the OM606 Accessed July 1st 2016 from,
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX8HNVLKNcI[/ame]

Car is a 1977 300D (w123) with an OM606 - a very interesting thread to follow.

Accessed July 1st 2016 from, [ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2ws6HTDcWY[/ame]


Kind Regards
Lionel

Was this item in the markets the reason you were asking Lionel?
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/complete-e...emans-bay.html

Originally Posted by sheerluck

Was this item in the markets the reason you were asking Lionel?
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/complete-e...emans-bay.html

G'day Dave,

I did see that link on AULRO. I did not follow all the pages of the thread though! I saw the conversion clip into a Discovery with the five cylinder motor.

Then I searched to see if a six cylinder OM606 conversion had occurred in a Series III Land Rover. My first port of call after finding the two links I posted earlier was a visit to Carsales to see if the OM606 powered cars were available in Australia. Tick ... only one though

Then I looked at the five cylinder versions and the pre-OM606 diesel engines. For the five cylinders I found cars like these two both are too good to sacrifice for just sourcing the engine http://www.carsales.com.au/private/d...-4038019/?Cr=7 and http://www.carsales.com.au/private/d...3992034/?Cr=10

Yes I do realise there have been some very good five cylinder motors. However, I seem to have a bias towards engine cylinders coming in sets of pairs.

The earlier version of the six cylinder diesel before the OM606 these range from $1500 http://www.carsales.com.au/private/d...-4050139/?Cr=0 upward to the $5k mark too http://www.carsales.com.au/private/details/Mercedes-Benz-300D-1987/SSE-AD-4006464/?Cr=2.

The OM606 E Class has since sold - not to me. Again too good to wreck just for an engine.

P.S. I wonder if Steu is now the proud owner of the car I found on Carsales with the OM606? Accessed July 4th 2016 from http://www.aulro.com/afvb/complete-e...ml#post2542358. A later message suggests that Steu was going to import the engine - why do so if one was sitting there for sale on Carsales - just with a car attached! Accessed July 4, 2016 from, http://www.aulro.com/afvb/complete-e...ml#post2553014


I have a good friend who is a Mercedes fan (to say the least) who was also involved in the car industry importing front half-cuts into Australia - admittedly these were Japanese sports cars, though not Mercedes. So the knowledge base is not too far away to access.

Kind Regards
Lionel