Does this swap bolt up easy? I have an '81 300cd parts car with a good tranny and i'd like to swap it into my '82 240d. The thing I was wondering is are they the same size or is the 300cd tranny longer/shorter being that it's a 2dr coupe or is the difference of length made up in the driveshaft?
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Driveshafts are different for sure. Trannys are the same length and should swap. One problem would be in the vacuum controls, or lack of on early W123's. Is your 300CD a turbo? Turbo cars had a different transmission, but I believe they should still bolt up. Not sure if the turbos had a different vacuum system though.
the tranny can be used, yes.
the problem is adjustment of the shift controls. The diesels have 4 different control systems that i have seen. 1: only rod controlled 2: only vakuum controlled 3: rod and vakuum controlled 4: wire and vakuum controlled.
You have both trannys, so you can check if they have the same controls..
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