[BlackRhino]

Originally Posted by WCoon

Are you sure that is the Powerstroke and not the V10? If he has a V10 I could definitely see 11 MPG.

Probably. My dad has a Ram 2500 with a V10 gas engine in it. He gets 10 mpg around town and 8 mpg when towing. Man does it have a lot of power though 8 liters of awesomeness.

[theAuthority]

Originally Posted by BlackRhino

Probably. My dad has a Ram 2500 with a V10 gas engine in it. He gets 10 mpg around town and 8 mpg when towing. Man does it have a lot of power though 8 liters of awesomeness.

See a problem with what you said ? 8 liters of awesomeness in a v10?

[bgredjeep]

Originally Posted by theAuthority

See a problem with what you said ? 8 liters of awesomeness in a v10?

I don't see the problem.. Its an 8.0l v10... As in 488ci.

[theAuthority]

Originally Posted by bgredjeep

I don't see the problem.. Its an 8.0l v10... As in 488ci.

I'm just an idiot, leave me alone, I thought he said cylinders ... was too lazy to edit when I noticed <-- me

[provinT13]

Now the hippies can't get mad at ya, don't all disels work with bio-disel?

[theAuthority]

Originally Posted by provinT13

Now the hippies can't get mad at ya, don't all disels work with bio-disel?

bio-diesel, vegetable oil. Yes and no.

Bio-diesels run so clean, it cleans out your cylinders and plugs up fuel filters and pumps. It takes awhile of constantly running Bio-diesel and changing filters before you're on even ground again.

Vegetable oil you can either process it into a fuel, or heat it up (in the fuel line) to a certain temperature so it will ignite in the cylinder.

[jmccabe]

on my 05 dodge...ran bio lost about 2mpg and changed fuel filter every 2500 miles...but 20mpg with or without pullin...was also running crazy larry from bull dog

just my 2cents

was a quad cab 4x4 dually...1st was only good upto 3mph and was in 6th by 45mph....city drivin was not fun at least 5 gears between stop lights

[73Dart]

In my 96 I ran a 50/50 mix of WVO and diesel with no ill effect other that I had it gell in the fuel lines once during the winter.

[50rck]

Originally Posted by hulkgreen

Imagine driving your YJ like that and pulling down 32 mpg !! With the stuff I am selling off the left over Mercedes donor car ..... this ( including machining adapters ; not making them myself ) is gonna cost less than $1200 !!! But my buddy is bring over his portable welding machine to weld in the motor mounts !! SO; no cost there ..... just a couple beer and a few laughs between friends.

Hell it was gonna cost me more for a remanufactured long block at O'reilly than to do this swap !!

THe trick is to find a donor car to rob the small gidgets and gadgets from !!

I definitely can't wait to see this finished. I would have really liked to put in a diesel when I rebuilt my 4.0, just didn't have the time. Has anyone ever thought about a Volkswagen diesel? I thought I had read a post when someone put in a 1.9 volks dsl. and got just as good a mileage. Should be a lot of those on junkyard lots. Maybe I'm just thinkin' out loud for a new project myself.

[hulkgreen]

Have been EXTREMELY busy putting stuff together , measuring , I am sure you can imagine !!!

I had a slight problem and started over.....

I gave the machinist my cardboard mock up and markings ....... I asked him to double check my measurements....

HE accidently flipped over the plate which offset EVERYTHING so It NO longer fit the Dakota Bellhousing!!

I had a choice either scrap and start over OR see if I could make it fit with the AX-15 Bell ...... Well to my suprise ....NOT ONLY DID IT FIT BUT IT FIT 1000 TIMES BETTER THAN I THOUGHT ; AND IT FIXED SOME OTHER PROBLEMS I HAD NOT FIGURED OUT YET !! I did have to clearance the engine oil pan but you will soon see the couple hundred thousands of an inch weren't enough to complain about !!

GET READY ......

I AM GOING TO SPEND THE DAY TAKING PICTURES AND SHOWING YOU WHAT I CAME UP WITH !!!

[theAuthority]

Awesome dude im excited to see it.

[Fernando]

Yeap pics please!!

[hulkgreen]

The wait is over !!

The six holes you see are the mercedes holes and the six covered by the adapter are obviously the OLD jeep holes


This is the Flywheel adapter with the Pilot Bushing/Bearing installed ( as close to the crank as possible !!


This is the Engine to Transmission adapter plate !! DUH !!


This is the adapter plate installed on the Mercedes 3.0L 5cyl DIESEL!! The top 4 mounting bolts are the ones that came out of those exact holes to hold on the mercedes adapter plate !! The two bottom bolts are the weird bolts that hold the Jeep 4.0L bellhousing onto the engine and they came out of the two top holes nearest the head !!

[hulkgreen]

I went to a specialty bolt company here in town ; I hated the tiny 12 millimeter 12 point crank bolts that are original to Mercedes !


The flywheel adapter leaves some VERY close tolerances ( the guy I got the inspiration from said he had to grind more than half the bolt heads cause the flywheel would make contact !!


This is the part I almost could not bring myself to do ...... Clearance the back of the oil pan ..... It is only the shiny parts and maybe 1/8 deep ! This will allow you to be able to change the JEEP MINI starter at any point down the road from any parts house you want to use !!

[hulkgreen]

Just some different views of the adapter plate!!




then with the STOCK clutch and pressure plate !!


here is the reason for the SLIGHT GRINDING TO BE DONE !!