s10 mercedes om617 conversion
 

hi all well I have both rigs home and in the barn we are having a blizzard today I might try to get the engine out of the mercedes today next week I plan on getting both stripped of what I need

donor 1 1983 mercedes 300 d turbo 240k on engine will get new injectors and a good cleaning and tuning before installation

donor 2 this will be the driver 1998 chevy s10 ls 2wd auto will be converted to stick 5 speed t5 tranny from a 91 s10

from all of you I have a couple of questions will I have gauges will I have to replace them or is there a adapter or flashing for the gauges will I be able to remove the ecm all together and leave just the bcm or will all that stuff come out and does any one have a complete wiring schematic for the s10

Expect the T5 to die especially a 4cyl version.

I am glad to see the positive input jax how about some reasons bearing failure?? cant handle the hp?? oh I forgot I am only putting out about 125-150 hp explain your reasoning please I would like to know some sound facts as to why this tranny will not hold up it us the same tranny that they use behind 400 hp v8 and they hold up as long as you are not mental and slam gears if it is a 26 spline tranny then it is set up for the more hp and it should also be a wc t5 they are built better than the first ones built lets get some sound reasoning here

Have you made any progress since we last talked? I haven't done any more on mine, and might be getting side tracked because I just scored on a 2.2 Kabota and may see if it might work better.

well getting parts rounded up I am going tomorrow and get the tranny tomorrow I really need to change the input shaft to a 14 tooth I have a clutch for that and they are available without modifying I just wish it would warm up so I can work in the barn and get the 2 torn apart at least get the mercedes engine out so I can get the tranny fitted to it so it is ready to mount in new chassis

how many hp is that little kabota ?? I think 60 would be the least I would consider I had a datsun 720 year ago that had a diesel and I think it was 45 and it was underpowered if you get into trouble adapting tranny give me ring icame up with a fast and easy to make a adapter ring

Dennis

Witch flywheel are you running I am having to run a 85 back flywheel?

I am using the flywheel from a 240 d 79 model the 240 and 300 use the same flywheel there are a few out there go to car-part.com is where I found mine if you need a bell housing good luck there they are hard to find

I am doing the same but I am putting mine in a 95 s10 because on the obd2 here.
I have tried to run the auto trans but it will not shift so 5 speed here we go.
how are you shutting the motor off?

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I bought the adapter to turn the Md into a Chevrolet for the trans but as I said it take the
85 back flywheel and the 5 speed is out of a 98 s10 with a 4.3 so bell housing is all in one

Corvette74, I am using the overboost solonoid out of the Benz to shut the motor down. Dennis, I'm not sure how many hp the Kubota is, but some say they are easy to tweak and a turbo isn't out of the question. I pick it up tomorrow, so then I can get some measuring in. I am more interested in MPG's with this one, it is also IDI so veggy oil may be an option.

I can call the salvage yard here they are right next to where they make gehl skid steers I bought 3 engines from him a while back I might even have a turbo for that let me do some looking when it warms up