I am looking to make my 89 300 CE manual. Will the pedal assembly and manual transmission from 190E work for a conversion?

Buy my parts car!!! It's absolutely the easiest way!!

1986 300E 5-speed parts car

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Brian
1995 E320 wagon

what is it?

Brian, can you send me the VIn # for it?

He's right.

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1989 500SEL Euro
1966 250SE Cabriolet
1958 BMW Isetta 600

will my driveshaft work?

man if you can make a CE manual..what a classic....

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1989 300ce 129k
( facelifted front,updated tail lights, lowered suspension,bilstein sports, lorinser front spoiler, MOMO steering wheel, remus exhaust,stainless steel brake lines). (Gone)

1997 s320 154k (what a ride). Sold with 179k miles. Replaced with Hyundai Equus

1994 e320 Cabriolet 108k



1972 280se 4.5 153k Owned for 12 yrs, sorry I sold it


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I have seen it before

VIN = WDBEA30D5GA196589

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe this would be direct bolt-in? The only possible issue I can think of would be driveshaft length, and even that should be pretty easy to get around if you know a good shop. Are you even close to me (Durham, CT)?

Brian

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Brian
1995 E320 wagon

Miami, FL

Yeah.....that could be a problem.
A five speed 300E, either 1986 (700+ cars imported into US) or 1988 (approx 300 cars) will come up every now and then on ebay or Craigslist, maybe 2 or 3 or 4 every year across the country. I look for them....it's a sickness of mine. Either year would work for your car. If you want to do it correctly, get a whole car and not just the bits and pieces assembled as a "kit". I took that piece of advice from Larry Bible and I think he was very right.
Brian

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Brian
1995 E320 wagon

I was told the 190e's manual are more plentiful and should work

I really don't know if it would or not.

The input shaft length is important and varies from one manual to the next. For example, the early 90's 300SL with the 5-speed has a different shaft length than the one I have. But I don't know about a 190.
Go to 190revolution.net and ask those guys. Many of them have swapped M103 and M104 engines into their cars....I'll be they can give you an answer. Someone there has probably done it.

There is so much info available on a manual shift transplant. The internet is a wonderful thing. Short shift modification, stiffer more durable clutches, shifter bearings milled from brass for a crisper feel, flywheel mods to get an M104 and a five speed together, etc etc.
How great would a 1995 E320 convertible be with a 5-speed and a Turbotechnics turbo kit?!?

Brian

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Brian
1995 E320 wagon

I believe that all the parts for this conversion in a 190e would bolt into the 300ce.

I don't know this from experience though.

Tom W

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