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Old 05-30-2017, 08:28 AM
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In the diesel family of engines, OM616 and OM617, so those cars which had those engines. Plus, you can find the iron 5 speeds in the prior models however the latter are more rare.

Keep in mind you do have work-arounds.

You can fab / modify the front section of the DS, and that cost should be around $200.00 or so at a driveshaft shop.

You can fab / modify the shift linkages from the 4 speed, and that should cost you around $100

The trans cross member is NLA, but you can use the 4 speed auto (I think that is the one, going off the top of my head).

The pedal assembly is the same in 4 speed.

The few things which cannot be mod'd or swapped from others is the shifter and tranny itself.

So, if you find the tranny, then the only thing needed to complete the package is the shifter as the other items do have workarounds.
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