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 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 !!!!

 

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 ???

 

1966 Ford Bronco - Diesel Power Magazine

 

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

 

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 !!

 

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 !!

 

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?