John ;
You can swap the cylinder heads *if* they're turbo charged , otherwise no .
Plenty of good used turbo charged cylinder heads in every junkyard , I'd highly suggest taking tune up tools and a Diesel compression tester & fully charged battery and adjusting the valves then taking a compression test before yanking one off as it's a fairly big job , no point in flu$ing away your hard earned $ on bad used parts .
I'd also be wanting to replace _ALL_ the valve stem oil seals before re installing the used head to any car , be it mine , yours or a Customer's .
-Nate
John wrote:
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> A light bulb just came on for me. Is the head for a 123 300TD wagon the same as the head for a 300SD Sedan? I would imagine that it might be for a turbo engine, but maybe not for a NA engine. I am possibly going to be on the lookout for a 1980 wagon head to put on a sedan engine I have to go in a wagon, so this may widen the possibilities of where to look.
> John in the 208
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> --- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, audiolaw@ wrote:
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> > btw: There is NO Haynes manual for the SD.
> >
> > The manual for the 123 series diesels (300 D, 300 D turbo, 300TD) has
> > a lot of useful information, particularly on the engine and drive train,
> > because the 300D turbo and 300TD have essentially the same engine as the SD
> > (the TD has a different head, to carry a hydraulic pump for the suspension).
>
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