[Vwdiesel] MB engine swap

[raymond greeley]

Hello all, i would love more comfort and computer fueling. My travel use would put me in places miles far from any service and so... i wanted something very basic that  i could get going without a knack box of diagnostic tools. a cummins 5.9 with 4wd and manual

trans is what i was thinking. With a bed off-camper back i can have a lot of room, good power and pretty good mpg. 

I live in chicago and like to sit on the southern texas gulf coast in the winter. One can park in north padre island national park, 40' from high tide, for extended periods, free with a 25.00 season pass. 

I don't have a lot of time to build something or I might try one of the 3.9 cummins bread

truck drive trains into a ford pickup. I hear some good things on mpg though i never

here how they run and what their towing limit might be. Any body here know of any

strong 4cyls in a van body. While in costa rica last winter i noticed many of the

small bus/cabs are 4cyl diesel: toyota's, isuzu..virtualy all the makers had a minivan

diesel. I realize some here like the vanagon though the cummins can get close 25mpg

with all the power you want and more room in the back. so i can't go that route.

 

ray  


 
> Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:07:56 -0600
> From: jhsg at sasktel.net
> To: brian at gochnauer.net; vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] MB engine swap
> 
> Yeah, a neighbor has two 7.3's. He's worn one truck out around one of them,
> has some ridiculous number of miles on it, 700K or something. That's can't
> beat a friend's early 12 valve Cummins 6.9 that has 1.4 million on it.
> Yeah, million, other than maintenance, it's untouched. Going into a Ford, a
> 2wd gearswap is easy. Gearsets at 2.7:1 should be available to speed the
> rear wheels up to match a slower rotating motor such as the Perkins,
> depending on the setup you already have.... Trans with or w/o overdrive, etc
> 
> Ultimately, for Raymond, I would say get a 2004 Duramax. The auto box is
> strong, it's is certainly the most comfortable riding truck of the lot, and
> with the auto box, anyone can drive it. I am getting up to 27mpg on summer
> fuel driving sane. It has an edge/juice box combo set on "mileage" most of
> the time, which when Dad first installed it, netted 5mpg more. 2005's are
> supposed to have issues. 03's were okay too.
> -james
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com]
> > On Behalf Of brian gochnauer
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 6:28 PM
> > To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> > Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] MB engine swap
> > 
> > I have a '01 Ford F250 Super Duty w/ 7.3L diesel V8 184k miles,
> > absolutely
> > great motor 525 ft.lbs of torque. pulls my 27 ft RV trailer with ease
> > at
> > 75mph @11mpg
> > The the really old 6.9L and the newer 6.4L diesels have some serious
> > issues,
> > but the 7.3L is great, but they only used if for 4-5 yrs.
> > 
> > 
> > On 3/25/09, Patrick Dolan <pmdolan at sasktel.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > Bill: The reason not to use the Ford (IHC) engine is that it is a
> > bit of a
> > > boat anchor. The early 6.9 really doesn't make much power, and none
> > of them
> > > from day one get enough economy to justify removing a gasser.
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: William J Toensing <toensing at wildblue.net>
> > > Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 5:04 am
> > > Subject: [Vwdiesel] MB engine swap
> > >
> > > > I don't think I would put a Mercedes car diesel in a Ford F-250. I
> > > > would get a later Ford truck V-8 diesel. I think it would be very
> > > > underpowered & the MB automatic to weak as well. Why not try &
> > > > trade your MB diesel for a Ford truck diesel or put your MB diesel
> > > > into an older American rear drive car? I would like to see such a
> > > > transplant in a postwar Hudson.
> > > > Bill Toensing, Nevada City, CA
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