After reading the recent thread about the 617 crate motor pricing, I thought I'd check out the price for a Remanufactured tranny for my 83 300sd. Make sure you're sitting down before you read this! $4007.25 for the transmission. Not installed. And $2120 for the converter. The parts guy said it would have to be ordered from Germany, as there were none on hand at the warehouse in the US.

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Mike
1983 Mercedes-Benz 300SD 270K
1960 Ford F250 62K
1990 Mazda Miata 156k

The thing is Bob, it's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care.