Well keep us posted - if it all goes tits up at least you know of someone who has a valve body for a .303

Note also the governor is different for the .303 so I guess that would have to match.

Don't throw the old transmission in the bin until you know your swap is good.

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1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

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Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

now I m officially scared....again
swapping governor does not seem to be easy task.....

is it like...it's so different so it can to be plunged in at all
or like it can be plunged but some performance will be lost?

cheers

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next wish/project: w114 coupe OM603 powered

The governor and the valve body are type matched - so if you have a 722.303 valve body ideally you need the matching governor (both the governors and the valve bodies in the 722.303 or the 722.315 - "diesel" transmissions are the same - but different governors and valve bodies are used for "petrol" transmissions)

I wouldn't go swapping a "diesel" valve body with a "petrol" one - that would make Bowden cable and vacuum adjustments pretty weird if you leave the "petrol" governor in there.

If you want to mate a "petrol" transmission to a diesel engine I think you are best trying to adjust the transmission (if needed) to be as close as possible to the petrol specifications listed in the FSM and see how you go.

(do you need FSM data?)

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

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yes...my plan was more like "lego" based

unbolt my current .303 and bolt on .307... test drive...

if some minor shifting point weirdness arise...ok..dont touch anything

severe shifting points issues...try to adjust...

if not successful...send a few secret service agents cross Europe
for 5 spd 717.400 quest...

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w126 500SEC gen II euro, powered by OM617 turbo stolen from 84 300SD 2.88 diff,EGR blinded
next wish/project: w114 coupe OM603 powered

Might be able to help there too (but keep that hush hush)

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!