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Originally Posted by mercmad6.3
great news! Are the 5 speed gearboxes wit engine easy to find in your part of the world?
There are plenty of the engines about,plus donor cars in Australia but we only had automatics.
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5 speed boxes are plentiful, most of them with overdrive (probably in lesser engines??). I think the Getrag 717.404, which was in W201 Cosworth and 717.450 in eg. Brabus 3.6 are more rare as they are considered the strongest of Merc manuals.
Some of the diesel turbo guys here in Scandinavia consider the Merc 5 speed manuals not strong enough and they prefer Merc auto's or BMW ZF manuals. Well, Supra gearbox of course but the price...
