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Old 09-18-2003, 07:45 PM
M D Nugent
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The 4-spd automatic trans in the 380SL and 560SL won't bolt up to the 4.5 engine - you'd need to swap either down to a 3.8 engine or up to a 5.6 engine to use the 4-spd. There's some info on this page (http://www.carcentric.com/MB2MBswap.htm) about what that involves, but it's only applicable to US cars, engines, etc. I have no idea what's available in Belgium - maybe somebody at http://www.garage107.com/index.php could help.

The 4-spd automatic was my original goal with Ludwig, but I ended up swapping the engine to accomplish that, then this, then that, . . . see the link below to get some sense of how far you can go afield without even trying.

5-spd automatics are even newer, so I doubt they'd work with the early engine, either, but I have no data to base that opinion on.
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