managed to get half of the stuff I ordered in preparation for the transplant.
I took a guess at the shift linkage bushings and lucked out(theres a lot of bushings to choose from), new pilot bearing, driveshaft coupler boot thingie and a new shift knob.
Im not sure what the deal was, but there were four 240Ds in the local yards and all of them were missing their shift knobs. Is this a rare item that fetches a kings ransom on the black market? I was lucky it seems that the 240 I was working on still had the shift mechanism itself. All the other 240s had theirs swiped...not the transmissions mind you, just the shifters and shift linkages.
The other half of the parts I ordered were two rebuild kits for the clutch master and slave cylinders. They should be arriving at the start of the week.
Yeah, I think this may turn out pretty well indeed.
Gavin