230ohc wrote:Nice, good luck.
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Thanks. Your build was part of the inspiration for this.
On 5/27 I picked up a 95 W124 with the OM606 (non turbo with the all mechanical injection pump, the mechanical throttle linkages, and the power steering pump I needed). The car is completely rusted out but the motor starts and runs great. It has 220k on it and no visible blow-by. The glow plug controller was gone but it has a great block heater that warms it up for an instant start. I was not going to use a factory GP relay anyways so no loss there. I will be pulling the motor and trans out this weekend so I can send the rusted out carcass to the recycler while prices are at $130/ton. I was going to use the motor temporarily until I found a turbo one but....
... on 6/3 I picked up a rusted out 99 W210 E300 with the turbo OM606. It has just under 87k miles on it and it starts and runs perfect. The car has been sitting for a few years and the delivery valves on the EDC pump leak a little but it does not matter since I will not be using that pump. Once the 95 is out of the way I will drive the 99 up on the pad for teardown. I will pull the motor, trans, intercooler, and plumbing then pilfer some other parts for my parents 99 E300 before I send it to the recycler. I will be swapping all the 95 front accessories to the 99 motor and vice versa. I picked up an OM648 rear sump oil pan, oil pump, dipstick, and dipstick tube which I will install on the turbo motor. I will install the mechanical injection pump on the turbo motor and make sure it all works then sell off the extra parts to recover some cost.
Once I have the motors out, assembled, and packed on pallets I will focus on finding some junkyard parts (Astro HB, lines, steering column, shaft, and box, etc) but otherwise I will be done for the summer. Its too hot here to wrench in July and August.
I am still trying to decide on if I want to just run the stock pump with 5.5mm elements for now or if I want to cough up $1400 and send it off to Dieselmeken to install 7.5mm elements and work his magic. I would not have any major power increase without a turbo and manifold upgrade and I am not looking for big power but having the pump built by him would give peace of mind. Decisions decisions.