Haiges, these are not straight cut gears in the manual tranny - torque working in wrong direction raises hell with slant cut gears and synchromesh. This is what I've been told elsewhere.

Am wondering if same thing applies to differential and axles. If so, then will not pursue this particular car especially as the tranny is junk.

TY4 the caution on oil filter housing adaptation...... also the heads up on using the 190 bellhousing A/K/A 190 tranny.

Btw, recipient car is rust free '62 190..... donor dailly driver is '79 w123 240D with helaciously fast low mileage engine.

Why the finbody?? Personal preference guides me to an era when MB owned the international taxi cab industry back in the '60s..... easily the simplest and most functional cars MB ever made - zero electronics and no tricky vacuum system with millions of vacuum lines.

Thanks for the replies, will keep the board informed as progress is made on this special project.

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'80 300SD/ w116
'79 240D 4-spd
'71 750cc Guzzi

previously owned:

'83 240D 4-spd
'77 280SEL 4-spd
'74 280/8
'72 250/8
'65 220Sb 4-spd
'63 220Sb 4-spd
'63 190c 4-spd
'61 220Sb 4-spd
'60 190b 4-spd