A month or two ago i bought a nice old-man-y w124, as a sensible daily driver.
I even changed the oil!
I drove around in it about 2 weeks, joyful about my serene coexistence with this most delightful automobile.
Then one day it blew the headgasket, so i did the only logical thing and ripped the engine out of it.
Here's a picture of my friend, ecstatic to find himself degreasing my engine bay.
I bought a om605, (2.5l 20v diesel) to replace the asthmatic om602 (2.5l 10v diesel) we found under the bonnet.
To celebrate such a joyous occasion as the rebirth of an old mercedes, we had a few beers.
We then proceeded to paint the engine bay.
Remember to carefully mask all areas you don't want painted.
Sadly we forgot to mask the battery, among other things.
And somehow the engine bay hadn't dried after washing it, so most of the paint came off.
But nevermind, we merrily continued.
The new engine had a small oil leak at the front crank seal, so we changed it.
Notice the advanced pulley-puller pulling method.
In it goes.
Then we built a very fancy custom T-piece to get oil to the turbo from the stock oil sender hole.
I might have forgot to mention the turbo conversion part. I can't do an diesel engine swap without a turbo can i?
So a om606 (3 litre 24v diesel) turbo and manifold was summoned.
There was a small issue with a few extra holes in the manifold though that needed adressing.
Done!
Wait, found another one.
(if you want it really air-tight you can put silicon sealer around the bolt)
It fits!
Did i mention this is my only street legal car at the moment, and all this obviously needed to be done over a weekend?
We also tinkered a bit with this om604 (2.0l 16v diesel) that is going in a w123
The 605 got a hosing off before installation.
My friend insisted that as i have an oil feed line, i also need an oil return.
Remember to use only the best quality hose available!
Hose clamps are optional.
Also worth nothing in this picture is that the wastegate is pulled tight with the adjustment rod.
This is the only way to get all the performance out of a turbo.
In it goes
if you want to, you can also install a transmission
As i try to use the stock intake pipe, i pestered my tig-owning friend to do his thing.
Bonus image of aforementioned friends big sticks
Here's how it looks for now, the next version will not have zip ties holding the boost pipe to the intake...
...Beacuse they're not snug enough to keep the o-ring in place.
Well then, time for the first test run!
..Which, unsurprisingly ended in a several-km walk.. In the rain.
The car had a minor air-leak in the fuel lines, which resulted in nice white smoke, and eye-burning exhaust gasses..
After a few test runs i joined the stock downpipe with the stock exhaust, sans cat.
Mostly to get the terrible exhaust gasses out of the cabin. The noise was very quiet even without a downpipe.
And there it is, the completed swap, all done in two days!
Woops, wrong car..
Notice the amazing attention to detail!
We even used most of the wires and vacuum lines, like, more than half!
A few were cut away, but we left a couple next to the battery if i find somewhere to connect them later on.
Someone might also have noticed from the earlier pictures that it sits a bit lower.
Not much thought, just a bit..
I even changed the oil!
I drove around in it about 2 weeks, joyful about my serene coexistence with this most delightful automobile.
Then one day it blew the headgasket, so i did the only logical thing and ripped the engine out of it.
Here's a picture of my friend, ecstatic to find himself degreasing my engine bay.
I bought a om605, (2.5l 20v diesel) to replace the asthmatic om602 (2.5l 10v diesel) we found under the bonnet.
To celebrate such a joyous occasion as the rebirth of an old mercedes, we had a few beers.
We then proceeded to paint the engine bay.
Remember to carefully mask all areas you don't want painted.
Sadly we forgot to mask the battery, among other things.
And somehow the engine bay hadn't dried after washing it, so most of the paint came off.
But nevermind, we merrily continued.
The new engine had a small oil leak at the front crank seal, so we changed it.
Notice the advanced pulley-puller pulling method.
In it goes.
Then we built a very fancy custom T-piece to get oil to the turbo from the stock oil sender hole.
I might have forgot to mention the turbo conversion part. I can't do an diesel engine swap without a turbo can i?
So a om606 (3 litre 24v diesel) turbo and manifold was summoned.
There was a small issue with a few extra holes in the manifold though that needed adressing.
Done!
Wait, found another one.
(if you want it really air-tight you can put silicon sealer around the bolt)
It fits!
Did i mention this is my only street legal car at the moment, and all this obviously needed to be done over a weekend?
We also tinkered a bit with this om604 (2.0l 16v diesel) that is going in a w123
The 605 got a hosing off before installation.
My friend insisted that as i have an oil feed line, i also need an oil return.
Remember to use only the best quality hose available!
Hose clamps are optional.
Also worth nothing in this picture is that the wastegate is pulled tight with the adjustment rod.
This is the only way to get all the performance out of a turbo.
In it goes
if you want to, you can also install a transmission
As i try to use the stock intake pipe, i pestered my tig-owning friend to do his thing.
Bonus image of aforementioned friends big sticks
Here's how it looks for now, the next version will not have zip ties holding the boost pipe to the intake...
...Beacuse they're not snug enough to keep the o-ring in place.
Well then, time for the first test run!
..Which, unsurprisingly ended in a several-km walk.. In the rain.
The car had a minor air-leak in the fuel lines, which resulted in nice white smoke, and eye-burning exhaust gasses..
After a few test runs i joined the stock downpipe with the stock exhaust, sans cat.
Mostly to get the terrible exhaust gasses out of the cabin. The noise was very quiet even without a downpipe.
And there it is, the completed swap, all done in two days!
Woops, wrong car..
Notice the amazing attention to detail!
We even used most of the wires and vacuum lines, like, more than half!
A few were cut away, but we left a couple next to the battery if i find somewhere to connect them later on.
Someone might also have noticed from the earlier pictures that it sits a bit lower.
Not much thought, just a bit..
When do you have time to come and help me? :-p
