OM617 Swap

[Dibsen]

I would like to see who has done them. No need to post your whole build thred, just a good running list of all of the successful swaps. What tranny you ended up using if you went away from stock.

I would really like to know how many have put the Merc diesel in front of the stock tranny and how well the tranny stood up to the additional power. A stock 2.25 is supposed to turn about 70hp and 120ft/lb. and the stock 617 is about 135hp 180ft/lb.

Thats a noticeable gain, one I would love to have, and if I could just spend the money for the RD kit, I still might do it. But if there isn't a single person out there running a stock trans behind a 617 then the 2.25 is getting a refresh and going back in.

thanks

[TravelinLight]

Search the Guns and Rovers board for Jim's build as he may have been the first to do it and has the most miles on the truck.

[rwollschlager]

MercedesRover (of seriestrek.com) has the OM617 in his 109, but mated to a NP435 transmission.
73TurboRover on gunsandrovers.com has the OM617 mated to his stock transmission and appears to be holding up fine, leaks aside: http://gunsandrovers.com/showthread....light=mercedes

If RD is out of kits, Jopa on gunsandrovers is selling his adapter for the OM617 to the np435 and an OM617 engine: http://gunsandrovers.com/showthread.php?t=6557

In theory your stock transmission should and will hold up to the power (like it will hold up to the power of a 200tdi) but its life expectancy will be much reduced (driving style dependent I'm sure).