Hey, I'm glad I found this forum. vwdieseljunkie, I followed your MJ / Mercedes build closely on the ComancheClub forum back in 05, looked like a marriage made in heaven. Then everything stopped after Katrina. Glad to see you are still at it.

Does your MJ build thread still exist on the CC forum? Geat stuff, but I can't find it.

Thanks; -Don

 

Hey Don,
I haven't been to the CC forum in a good while, been so busy with other things. Pre-Katrina, I lived in town with a cable internet connection and hosted my own server that kept all my files, so the only stuff I had left was the few pics on the web and whatever was archived by the forums. I'll hunt around, because I posted on a few places, and bring a link back if I can.

 

try car-part.com they have lot of them and in my area you can find them for $500-$800

 

Thanks mate. A lot of guys over at the Jeep Stroker forum are very interested in your MJ OM617 build (including myself), so any pics would be great, especially of how the Benz tranny lined up, motor mounts, etc. Glad I finally tracked you down.

 

i got a motor out of a 93 300sd for $300 with all i need. No more 2.5 gas for this truck. thanks for the tip and yes i will be macking the same a adapter plate much like the one Vlado made to bolt to my 5 speed

 

where can i get a yoke for the back of the mb tranny? am i going to have to make one?

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i need to know what pins on the glow plug relay to hit to make the thing kick in and out.

 

Yoke: Haven't had the opportunity to put it into application, but I'm pretty sure that if I were pull a mb yoke off the output shaft and brought it to a machine shop I could have a spicer yoke made to fit the splines, assuming one didn't already exist. Again, haven't tried it yet.

Glow plugs: Do you intend on trying to make the timer work, or do you feel comfortable doing the counting in your mind and guessing by ambient temp? I have never worried with timed relays, and always used a basic ford-type relay and a momentary on "push button" switch.

 

yeh vdub im just going to hold it down and wait a second or ten and ring the starter.

 

So any updates on the Wrangler? I have an OM617 sitting in my garage....

 

Soon, soon.