Engine Adapter is there any interest ???

hulkgreen · #1 04-07-2009, 08:05 AM

Been talkin to a machinist !!! He can make an engine adapter from the Mercedez 3.0L turbo diesel ( OM617 ) to the stock Jeep manual trans ( AX - 15 ) which should be the same bolt pattern as the automatic ( aw-4 ) ( don't know if this trans would survive the diesel's torque ??) !!

Any ways ..... He can make a run of 5 adapters and I was wondering if anyone would be interested in the others ????

This is a fairly inexpensive way of making the YJ ( and possible TJ ) into a Diesel !!!

**yj junker** · #2 04-07-2009, 08:39 AM

I honestly don't think the ax-15 will stand the torque of a diesel,I wrecked 2 of them in one summer with a wore out 4.2l carb and I only run 33's on it

good luck with it

jmho

hulkgreen · #3 04-07-2009, 01:15 PM

Originally Posted by yj junker

I honestly don't think the ax-15 will stand the torque of a diesel,I wrecked 2 of them in one summer with a wore out 4.2l carb and I only run 33's on itgood luck with it
jmho

As of March 26th .... Vlado had 900 miles of trouble free service out of this setup as a daily driver !!! Check his thread.... It is a very interesting read !!!!

**yj junker** · #4 04-07-2009, 02:37 PM

I doubt I put that many miles on the 2 ax 15's ,all the power to him and I wish him luck

hulkgreen · #5 04-09-2009, 10:01 PM

Originally Posted by yj junker

I doubt I put that many miles on the 2 ax 15's ,all the power to him and I wish him luck

I REALLY do not know the " acceptable " ratings of the AX-15 ; BUT Advance Adapter makes an adapter to put this trans behind a 350 V-8.

If that is " really " a bench mark ???

Prankster · #6 04-19-2009, 07:37 PM

1966 Ford Bronco - Diesel Power Magazine

pullenplowen · #7 06-07-2009, 08:48 AM

same here trashed two of them in my jeep with a stock 4.2 and 31" and 33" tires. i'm not saying a wasn't hard on them. but if you want to push hard i'd look for a HD tranny

hulkgreen · #8 06-11-2009, 11:14 AM

Originally Posted by Prankster

1966 Ford Bronco - Diesel Power Magazine

This is a sweet install but the OM 617.952 Mercedes 3.0L only puts out 120 horse and 185 lb/ft !! And that is quite a bit shy of stock 4.0L gas Jeep engine !! BUT , high 20 to low 30 mpg's are attainable !! Stock Jeep AX-15 will hold up without a problem !!

This is what I have in mind !!

Check out Vlado's thread in this section !! Then PM me ; I can mate OM 617 Mercedes 3.0L diesel engine to a wide variety of manual transmissions . The ease of finding these motors and relative cheap price of swap to get great mpg's is well worth it !!

hulkgreen · #9 06-18-2009, 07:49 AM

With the present economy , I now have 3 to 4 days off per week and twiddling my thumbs got old 2 months ago !!

I am gonna offer the Bell housing the adapter plate and the cover plate ( to cover all gaps between engine and bell ) !! I have alot of transmissions from alot of vehicles bolt pattern ( but I do not have every vehicle nor every year ) Since I am doing a 94 YJ and bolting OM617.9 to Aisin AX-15/NP235 combo, If someone has this combo and wants my KIT , I can offer the pilot bearing and Flywheel ( either NEW or Used ) in the KIT !

Thinking of price point around $ 650 for ( Bellhousing , Adapter plate , and cover plate ) for the vehicles I have patterns for !! And $ 725 (used flywheel) and $775 (new flywheel) for YJ/TJ where I can offer Flywheel and Pilot bushing in addition to other pieces ! I am planning to offer the KIT as a NO SWEAT AND NO SWEARING kit !! I will test fit every KIT before it leaves !!

With some KITS I can offer a provision to upgrade your clutch from Mechanical to Hydraulic (like what is available on the YJ ) ; If you request it when ordering .

If everything goes to plan I should be able to start shipping KITS from first run in approx 8 weeks !!

PM me if interested !! Or if you have any questions !!

JeremyInToledo · #10 06-23-2009, 08:27 PM

I wouldnt mind the adaptor to bolt that motor up to a 318 and 3.9 bolt pattern. I want to put in a built up automatic so all i would need is the bellhouse and the flywheel set up. any idea for price?

BigBluemotors · #11 06-24-2009, 12:31 AM

New to this board. My current project is a 1990 Cherokee with AX-15 and Cummins B3.3. I was inspired by a Wrangler project on Diesel Truck Resources.

http://www.dieseltruckresource.com/d...j-t112807.html

He has over 15K on his project. It depends on how you drive the rig - Street or heavy offroad.

Just bought a low mileage OM617 and was inspired by several projects posted.

Keep the projects coming.

Chris
AKA: BigBlue

mr_manny · #12 07-05-2009, 12:39 PM

Originally Posted by hulkgreen

With the present economy , I now have 3 to 4 days off per week and twiddling my thumbs got old 2 months ago !!

I am gonna offer the Bell housing the adapter plate and the cover plate ( to cover all gaps between engine and bell ) !! I have alot of transmissions from alot of vehicles bolt pattern ( but I do not have every vehicle nor every year ) Since I am doing a 94 YJ and bolting OM617.9 to Aisin AX-15/NP235 combo, If someone has this combo and wants my KIT , I can offer the pilot bearing and Flywheel ( either NEW or Used ) in the KIT !

Thinking of price point around $ 650 for ( Bellhousing , Adapter plate , and cover plate ) for the vehicles I have patterns for !! And $ 725 (used flywheel) and $775 (new flywheel) for YJ/TJ where I can offer Flywheel and Pilot bushing in addition to other pieces ! I am planning to offer the KIT as a NO SWEAT AND NO SWEARING kit !! I will test fit every KIT before it leaves !!

With some KITS I can offer a provision to upgrade your clutch from Mechanical to Hydraulic (like what is available on the YJ ) ; If you request it when ordering .

If everything goes to plan I should be able to start shipping KITS from first run in approx 8 weeks !!

PM me if interested !! Or if you have any questions !!

have you thought of a GM tranny kit?

currently looking at options to mate a sm465 to a om617

thanks

FastCR · #13 07-05-2009, 02:17 PM

post those plates up on pirate too

donkey derby · #14 01-11-2010, 01:47 PM

would like to get a chevy manuel or auto trans adapted to a om 617 for a reasonable price my understandig is that a manual trans wont work becauseof balanceing issues is that the case thanx

CheaperJeeper · #15 01-11-2010, 03:42 PM

Originally Posted by hulkgreen

Been talkin to a machinist !!! He can make an engine adapter from the Mercedez 3.0L turbo diesel ( OM617 ) to the stock Jeep manual trans ( AX - 15 ) which should be the same bolt pattern as the automatic ( aw-4 ) ( don't know if this trans would survive the diesel's torque ??) !!

Any ways ..... He can make a run of 5 adapters and I was wondering if anyone would be interested in the others ????

This is a fairly inexpensive way of making the YJ ( and possible TJ ) into a Diesel !!!

I'd be interested in having one to bolt a 700R4 to the OM617. Just the adapter - the torque converter would just be a matter of redrilling the OM617 flex plate and adding a bushing to the crank to reduce it to the 7/8" pilot used on the 700R4 converter.

The only tough part might be the starter. IIRC the stock OM617 starter bolts onto the adapter plate and the 700R4 isn't designed for the starter to bolt to the bellhousing, so you'd need to make your new adapter plate accomodate the starter in the stock OM617 location.

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