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Car Forum / Mercedes-Benz Cars / February 2006240D 5 speed conversion
I have a 1980 240D manual 4-spd. I love the car but wish I didn't rev so high at highway speeds. Is there a 5-spd that fits and how difficult is it. I am pretty handy with a wrench. >I have a 1980 240D manual 4-spd. I love the car but wish I didn't rev >so high at highway speeds. Is there a 5-spd that fits and how >difficult is it. I am pretty handy with a wrench. People have cobbled together all sorts of 5 speeds to 240s. You can use a Mercedes one (good luck finding it) or adapt, allegedly, a Supra 5 speed wiht a custom bellhousing. Any old Mercedes 5 speed can be made to work. That's a lot easier than finding one.  SignatureNeed Mercedes parts ? - http://parts.mbz.org Richard Sexton | Mercedes stuff: http://mbz.org 1970 280SE, 72 280SE | Home page: http://rs79.vrx.net 633CSi 250SE/C 300SD | http://aquaria.net http://killi.net >>I have a 1980 240D manual 4-spd. I love the car but wish I didn't rev >>so high at highway speeds. Is there a 5-spd that fits and how [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Any old Mercedes 5 speed can be made to work. That's a lot > easier than finding one. What about the 5 speeds from 190's? One would think that they are basically the same tranny, plus pretty easy to find. Am I wrong on this one? Herb 1977 W123 200D (Used to be a 220D and used to be red) >What about the 5 speeds from 190's? One would think that they are basically >the same tranny, plus pretty easy to find. Am I wrong on this one? That's the easiest one to find. And it'll work. SignatureNeed Mercedes parts ? - http://parts.mbz.org Richard Sexton | Mercedes stuff: http://mbz.org 1970 280SE, 72 280SE | Home page: http://rs79.vrx.net 633CSi 250SE/C 300SD | http://aquaria.net http://killi.net "Richard Sexton" <richard@news.vrx.net> wrote in message >>What about the 5 speeds from 190's? One would think that they are >>basically >>the same tranny, plus pretty easy to find. Am I wrong on this one? > > That's the easiest one to find. And it'll work. It won't work because the starter is on the wrong side and it's a completely different box... >"Richard Sexton" <richard@news.vrx.net> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >It won't work because the starter is on the wrong side and it's a completely >different box... Swap the bellhousing. Sombody's done it. You want bolt-up you have to find the original 5 speed for that cat. Rotsa ruck. SignatureNeed Mercedes parts ? - http://parts.mbz.org Richard Sexton | Mercedes stuff: http://mbz.org 1970 280SE, 72 280SE | Home page: http://rs79.vrx.net 633CSi 250SE/C 300SD | http://aquaria.net http://killi.net "Richard Sexton" <richard@news.vrx.net> wrote in message >>>>What about the 5 speeds from 190's? One would think that they are >>>>basically [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Swap the bellhousing. Sombody's done it. You want bolt-up you have to > find the original 5 speed for that cat. Rotsa ruck. It's got a one piece bellhousing and the input shafts are different... >"Richard Sexton" <richard@news.vrx.net> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > >It's got a one piece bellhousing and the input shafts are different... Got a saw? Ok so you DON'T want to use that one. Back to fiding a side loader from a 108 or 123. Best of luck! SignatureNeed Mercedes parts ? - http://parts.mbz.org Richard Sexton | Mercedes stuff: http://mbz.org 1970 280SE, 72 280SE | Home page: http://rs79.vrx.net 633CSi 250SE/C 300SD | http://aquaria.net http://killi.net |
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