thanx guys that will work, I will spin a story about restoring a wreck and needing a the euro specific parts that some clever mercedesshop forum guy knew to remove the classic center guys are none too sympathetic about changing anything from stock appearently.

I tried many things on EPC, I can get the shifter exploded view and part number for every part of the shifter, I just cant find the shifter assembly part number. If I had that I could order by part number instead of depending on these guys to spend 10 minutes to look it up. US dealers cant look it up, they guy even showed me the dealer EPC, it is truncated to show only US delivery model codes.

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1982 300CD Turbo (Otis, "ups & downs") parts for sale
2003 TJ with Hemi (to go anywhere, quickly) sold
2001 Excursion Powerstroke (to go dependably)
1970 Mustang 428SCJ (to go fast)
1962 Corvette LS1 (to go in style)
2001 Schwinn Grape Krate 10spd (if all else fails)