Thomas,
I had heard that the U20 was a copy of the Mercedes 190 engine that Nissan
slanted it slightly so it wouldn't be an exact copy
David Pina
By the way, I got Sean's roadster running, the positive or charging pole
was loose under the wire, I disconnected the wire, tightened the pole up,
reconnected it and problem solved. This summer I want to upgrade the
alternator, so that will wait. Today his ballast resistor went out, left
him stranded down town. I was at work so he couldn't reach me till I got
off.. Where can I get one of those?
Thomas Walter wrote:
> >
> >Many years ago when I had my first 240Z a mechanic I used told me the L
> >series engines were knockoffs of Mercedes designs and he should know as
> >I saw plenty of both of them in his shop.
> >
>
> Nothing interchanged, however. ;-)
>
> I do think the U20 cam cover, and OHC, were inspired by the
> Mercedes engines of the 1960's. With odd 'partners' even back
> 30 years ago... there were some interesting factories that
> would "assemble" vehicles. One such place did Nissan and Mercedes...
> so you have to wonder what the engineers thought of the other
> engineers designs.
>
> The small two door Land Cruiser hasn't been imported into the
> USA for some years, but you can still find "new ones" in
> Brazil, fitted with Mercedes Diesel Engines! Joint effort
> between the two companies.
>
> What's next a French Nissan. Uh, never mind...
>
> Mercedes (Daimler) is still trying to buy the Nissan Diesel operations,
> btw.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tom Walter
> Austin, TX
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