My 83sd (w126) has a bad trans in it. Found a 79 (w116?) with a bad engine. What parts will swap? and which car is the better car if the parts will swap eneough?

thanks
Doug

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83 300SD Dark Silver Dark brown inside

When you say 79 I'm assuming a 300SD. The 79 had a 722.120 tranny, the 83 had a 722.303. The 722.303 was an upgrade, I'm guessing to beef it up. The engines are slightly different but the blocks are identical.

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W116 Help Please!

transmission

transmission question

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83 300D 328k mi (623) Light Ivory - daily driver
82 300D 166k mi (881) Thisle Green - fixer upper
82 300D 282k mi (473) Champagne - parts

Earlier w116 300SD uses a rod and not bowden cable to help regulate tranny shifts, hence ye dont want the earlier trans in yer modern w126 300SD.

For my money I'd toss yer existing engine into the w116 car (all other factors being equal) knowing the earlier Benz outhandles the later version, plus the w116 being most classic of the 300SD series. Extremely controversial too, USA *only* got em - makin these the holy grail of European desirable vehicles. Am kinda surprised more Europeans dont snatch em and ship em overseas.

Thanks,
I have never driven any but the w126. Which I like, the handling is not great, but I sped 80% of my time on the hwy.
If the w116 is not a much superior car, then I will continue to look for a w126,
thanks again

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83 300SD Dark Silver Dark brown inside