Purple 220D
Purple 220D
Picked up a 1973 220D this past weekend. Its rough and needs a bit of love
some of the things I've learned from my old 240D was to focus on cosmetics later and work on mechanical first.
The first project Im going to tackle are the brakes and suspension, probably changing seals and gaskets along the way.
After that, I plan to tackle all the rust and some body work that is desperately needed
There is quite of bit of leaking under the car
A couple of questions for you guys
1 - anyone ever do a transmission swap? Would I be able to source a 240D with a four speed and just install the parts?
2 - The AC sytem, I have the older york but was wondering if anyone has converted it to a Sanden, like on the W123?
3 - what would it look like to drop a 300D NA in here? im assuming should be able to fit with no real body modifications?
I'll take some pic later and post them probably tomorrow. I am pretty sure I will not be throwing in a turbo on this one, perhaps maybe any fuel mods I can do, I remember ronnie in VA had some system to modify the pump and pre-chambers to allow more fuel, but that was on a 616 engine
Purplecomputer
06-02-2020, 01:00 PM #1Howdy,
Picked up a 1973 220D this past weekend. Its rough and needs a bit of love
some of the things I've learned from my old 240D was to focus on cosmetics later and work on mechanical first.
The first project Im going to tackle are the brakes and suspension, probably changing seals and gaskets along the way.
After that, I plan to tackle all the rust and some body work that is desperately needed
There is quite of bit of leaking under the car
A couple of questions for you guys
1 - anyone ever do a transmission swap? Would I be able to source a 240D with a four speed and just install the parts?
2 - The AC sytem, I have the older york but was wondering if anyone has converted it to a Sanden, like on the W123?
3 - what would it look like to drop a 300D NA in here? im assuming should be able to fit with no real body modifications?
I'll take some pic later and post them probably tomorrow. I am pretty sure I will not be throwing in a turbo on this one, perhaps maybe any fuel mods I can do, I remember ronnie in VA had some system to modify the pump and pre-chambers to allow more fuel, but that was on a 616 engine
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