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bignivanut
Joined: 02 Sep 2009 Posts: 202 Location: Elmira, Ontario
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Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 12:24 am Post subject: Mercedes 616 4cyl diesel in a Niva? |
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anybody ever seen one, possible?
got a solid line on a 1974 240D car with lowkm on a rebuilt 4cyl N/A diesel.
i'm driving a 1985 300D 5cyl diesel for a winter beater and I know its way too big, but has anybody ever tried a 4cyl Mercedes diesel in a Niva?
Leads, info , opinions , all welcome. maybe some not appreciated, but still welcome.
cheers James
did I mention how much I like diesels?  _________________ 1997 Niva SE & 95 cossack RIP march 25 2012
1987 parts Niva hanging onto it
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crb247

Joined: 16 Sep 2007 Posts: 2733 Location: Sault Ste. Marie, ON, Canada
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Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 1:03 am Post subject: |
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I believe the answer to that is yes. _________________ '15 Yota Rav4
'06 'sploder V8
'98 Niva (Project Roadkill)
'96 Samara purple-ish (grimace) *sold pending pickup* |
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bignivanut
Joined: 02 Sep 2009 Posts: 202 Location: Elmira, Ontario
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Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 1:23 am Post subject: |
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I hope so
I just made him an offer on the car
only 65hp but lots of lowend torque and an inline injection pump. _________________ 1997 Niva SE & 95 cossack RIP march 25 2012
1987 parts Niva hanging onto it
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crb247

Joined: 16 Sep 2007 Posts: 2733 Location: Sault Ste. Marie, ON, Canada
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Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 1:42 am Post subject: |
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This is the ONLY reference i can find on our site to it and it's recent.... You might want to post something on the UK forum asking for information as well.
ladausa wrote: | I thought this whole Mercedes engine swap thing sounded familiar... As it so happens, it is quite possible to stuff one of these babies into a Niva! Ok, maybe not the 3L one, but the 2.4 diesel out of a 240D. Sadly, the original site is long gone, but there's always the Internet Archive! Check this out:
http://web.archive.org/web/20040504044502/www.geocities.com/wanderer4x4/index2.html - click on "240D Conversion" link for full details!
If my memory serves me right, this same guy later pulled the diesel out and swapped a 2.8 MB V6 into same Niva - he claimed a top speed of close to 200 km/h with it...
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bignivanut
Joined: 02 Sep 2009 Posts: 202 Location: Elmira, Ontario
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Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 12:20 pm Post subject: |
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I thought I had seen the 2.4 diesel in a Niva before. thanks for the link, it was a long wait for it to come up with my low speed but I got it. If we aren't busy at work tonite I will try to print some info off and pics.
this engine should outlast a couple Nivas.
my offer wasn't accepted but I'm close. trying to up my offer w/VW parts. play money is hard to come by on "workshare"  _________________ 1997 Niva SE & 95 cossack RIP march 25 2012
1987 parts Niva hanging onto it
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bignivanut
Joined: 02 Sep 2009 Posts: 202 Location: Elmira, Ontario
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Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 1:21 am Post subject: |
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didn't get it
I offered $500 plus any vw parts he needed.
he said $650 lowest and he didn't need "any more" VW parts
I emailed him back to see if he could give me a couple weeks to come up with the rest. he emailed me back that it was sold for the $800 asking price, he had a deposit and was sitting on the deposit for a month. after that he may sell it again if guy doesn't show up. sounds fair to me
I don't have my hopes up, there really aren't many of them around and I just wanted to gut it for the powertrain anyway.
I guess the VW diesel idea will be used, whenever I get that shell
cheers James _________________ 1997 Niva SE & 95 cossack RIP march 25 2012
1987 parts Niva hanging onto it
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crb247

Joined: 16 Sep 2007 Posts: 2733 Location: Sault Ste. Marie, ON, Canada
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Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 1:59 am Post subject: |
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Luke must be in hiding... haven't heard from him in a while. _________________ '15 Yota Rav4
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bignivanut
Joined: 02 Sep 2009 Posts: 202 Location: Elmira, Ontario
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Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2015 6:21 pm Post subject: |
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been a long time since I've been on here but I purchased a 1981 MB240D this summer with a 4spd manual trans and have parted the car but kept the eng/trans. now I have found myself looking for a solid niva again.
now living in a rural area and no etest needed, working only 6 km from our new place so I don't need a highway vehicle anymore.
If I find myself a solid niva to build I will be back.............................. _________________ 1997 Niva SE & 95 cossack RIP march 25 2012
1987 parts Niva hanging onto it
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bornniva
Joined: 18 Dec 2015 Posts: 3 Location: netherlands
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Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2015 4:30 am Post subject: diesel |
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hello
if you like a niva diesel so much why dont you import one .
from france or italie, there are original 1.9 diesel nivas they made in the factory.
even turbodiesel 1.9 there are .
our club oner of the nivaclubbelgium has one
it is a peugeot engine that is in there. the horse power is from about 70 to 130 hp with the turbo engine. if you maintain it good more than 200.000 miles are no problem for this engine.!
and the original transmission is used from the gas car niva.
check out this website in france you will find the diesel version
www.leboncoin.fr/
our germany : www.mobile.de greetz rocky  _________________ nothing beats ladapower |
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tyler
Joined: 06 Aug 2009 Posts: 322
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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2016 9:54 pm Post subject: |
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Yes A guy in BC did it about 16 years ago
He had to make a overhead rad and it looked
Kind of dumb.
Think you would be better off using a vw diesel |
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