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The L 337 is a two-axle lorry with a total permissible mass of 12,000 kg and rear-wheel drive. It has a ladder frame with U-profile longitudinal sections. At launch, Mercedes-Benz offered three different wheelbase options, (3700 mm, 4200 mm, and 4400 mm); in 1960, a
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5000 mm option was added. The cab is either the long version of the short-bonnet lorry cab (L, LK models), or the short version of the forward-control cab (LP models). From 1960, Mercedes-Benz offered a long variant of the forward-control cab (LP models).
234:", and has, in its default configuration, the "long" short bonnet, which is 300 mm longer than the typical Mercedes-Benz medium duty short-bonnet lorry's bonnet. Mercedes-Benz also offered the L 337 as a forward-control lorry, called the
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brand. Introduced in March 1959, it was already discontinued in 1961, and replaced with the L 338. The L 337 is the first generation of
Mercedes-Benz' heavy-duty "
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synchromesh five speed gearbox, which otherwise would not have had proper gear spreading. The clutch used to transmit the torque from the engine to the gearbox is a dry
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injected, water-cooled, and rated 190 hp (SAE gross) / 172 PS; 127 kW (DIN 70020).
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single-disc clutch. The engine used in the L 337 is the naturally aspirated, straight-six
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Mercedes-Benz truck premiere on 5 March 1959: Global success with a short nose
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L 337: Base model, offered either as a rolling chassis or with a flatbed
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Both front and rear axles are beam axles. The front axle is a
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100 Jahre LKW: Geschichte und
Zukunft des Nutzfahrzeuges
958:, Group 14, Number 1200a, Frankfurt am Main, April 1959
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Driven starting from crankshaft speeds of 660 rpm
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Precombustion chamber injection; inline injection pump
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971:, Group 14, Number 1200a, Frankfurt am Main, May 1960
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882:, Volume 11, A. Tetzlaff-Verlag, 1959, p. 96
241:The L 337 was designed to comply with "
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621:172 PS (127 kW) at 2200 rpm
897:, 4 March 2019, retrieved 17 December 2020
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335:Technical specifications (April 1959)
266:LPS 337: Forward control tractor
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154:(Diesel, 10809 cm, 127 kW)
260:LP 337: Forward control lorry
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496:Five-speed synchromesh gearbox
487:Fichtel & Sachs/GF 50 KR/BH
313:Fichtel & Sachs GF 50 KR BH
33:Mercedes-Benz L 337 fire engine
906:Harry Niemann, Armin Hermann:
856:List of Mercedes-Benz vehicles
810:24-V sliding armature starter
118:Front engine, rear-wheel-drive
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984:, Springer, Heidelberg 1987,
880:Internationales Verkehrswesen
822:Bosch LJ/GK 300/12-1400 AR 18
861:List of Mercedes-Benz trucks
602:128 × 140 mm
466:Max. permissible mass (kg)
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667:Mean effective pressure
414:Front track width (mm)
353:Dimensions and weights
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558:Mercedes-Benz OM 326IV
498:Daimler-Benz G 32
430:Ground clearance (mm)
422:Rear track width (mm)
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243:Seebohm's legislation
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263:LS 337: Tractor
232:short-bonnet lorries
684:Injection pressure
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291:LS 337 tractor
222:is a lorry made by
220:Mercedes-Benz L 337
136:Mercedes-Benz L 322
128:Mercedes-Benz L 337
22:Mercedes-Benz L 337
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802:Electrical system
626:Power (SAE gross)
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765:Fluid capacities
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572:Fuel system
521:4th: 1.467:1
515:1st: 6.106:1
512:Gear ratios
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372:Length (mm)
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519:3rd: 2.19:1
517:2nd: 3.24:1
474:Powertrain
386:Width (mm)
342:L 337
271:Description
236:LP 337
199:Predecessor
1002:Categories
867:References
831:Batteries
818:Generator
722:67° after
675:(662
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525:R: 5.64:1
507:Rear axle
461:7260/7050
447:4740/4950
438:Mass (kg)
381:6960/7920
367:3700/4200
194:Chronology
179:Dimensions
171:Propulsion
141:Powertrain
62:Production
687:135
629:190
207:Successor
185:Wheelbase
65:1959–1961
850:See also
839:Sources
523:5th: 1:1
493:Gearbox
322:. It is
317:OM 326IV
124:Platform
78:Gaggenau
70:Assembly
39:Overview
918:, p. 97
549:Engine
479:Clutch
469:12,000
133:Related
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969:LP 337
956:LP 337
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640:Torque
594:Water
484:clutch
249:Models
152:OM 326
147:Engine
114:Layout
781:9–12
757:18.1
673:kp·cm
661:20.5
638:Max.
616:Power
583:Four
564:Type
544:2830
536:83.5
533:72.5
458:6630
455:7230
444:5370
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425:1788
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364:4200
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211:L 338
174:Tyres
90:Class
47:Lorry
986:ISBN
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202:None
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