Last weekend I finally got started on my winter project, swapping a 240D 4 speed manual into my wagon. Over the past three years I’ve learned a lot about my wagon doing lots of projects myself (front crank seal, axles, rotors, nitrogen spheres, and the list goes on) and with the threads on this forum I built up the confidence to tackle doing the transmission conversion.

So far I have:
Drained Transmission
Drained Torque Converter
Removed Both Cooler Lines
Disconnected Drive Shaft at Front and Rear
Disconnected Speedo at Transmission
Disconnected Neutral Safety Switch
Disconnected Bowden at Engine
Disconnected Vacuum into Transmission

By my counts I should have 3 or 4 more steps left until taking out the transmission-
1. Remove Transmission dipstick
2. Remove Bowden at Transmission
3. Remove Torque Converter bolts
4. Remove Bell housing bolts

I have a few questions about the final steps.
How do I remove the dipstick?
How does the Bowden cable come off the transmission?
Do I remove the driveshaft before the transmission or after?

What’s going in place of the auto is up for grabs as well. I picked up a 1982 240D with 130k in ROUGH shape but it had the whole transmission for $450. I had already bought a “4 speed conversion kit” from another benz guy with a 1979 240D transmission with 150k.

In an 83 300TD is there a better transmission to install, the 1979 vs 1982 4 speeds I have?

I’m planning to put some new parts with the conversion to make it last. Here’s my list so far-
Master Cylinder
Slave Cylinder
Throwout Bearing
Pilot Bearing
Pressure Bolts
Flywheel Bolts
Transmission Mount
Pressure Plate
Clutch Plate

Finally here’s a few pics. This is one spring I can’t wait for…

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