I'm looking at a 240D 4 speed on craigslist and the seller claims to have put in a newer engine in it and some other work.
This is the engine in the car. The black box looks like its for an automatic transmission car if I am not mistaken. That should be an easy fix to remove all of the useless linkages and vacuum stuff.

This is a 4 speed car I have also found that looks like its the original engine.
So, there should be no issue with the engine on top if I want to make it correct for a 4 speed car, correct?