I was just looking through ebay and found a 5 spd 123 tranny. I dont know anything about it but these are so rare that i thought some of you should prolly know about it...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=33733&item=7931828202&rd=1

Peter

...but he should include the correct drive shaft, otherwise it is getting a real problem.

The 717.400 fits into 123.105, .130, .132, .190, .102, .103, .120, .123, .125, .183, .003, .007, .026, .028, .033, .053, .086, .093

Kind regards
Eberhard

I was thinking about one of these for the 240D. Truth is that 5th gear (overdrive) is not much smaller negative ratio than 4th in the existing 4 spd which is practically 1:1. And 1-4 on the 5 speed is alot closer ratios than 1-3 on the 4 spd...... meaning that I'd be constantly shifting gears in the narrow power band 240D.

But it's probably a good idea for gasoline engines like in the 280E which have much wider power band. I once had a 116 280SEL 4-spd with the same tranny as the 240D but shift points on the speedometer were entirely different.

I'd say this 5-spd tranny is ideal for *any* 6 cyl gasoline Benz, but it's a bad idea for somebody like me who drives a 4 cyl diesel.

Having him keep the flywheel is the PITA part....you need that to get it to work.

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Current Stable:
1994 S500 v140, 210k miles, white with grey.

Former Mercedes in the Stable:
1983 300CD Turbo diesel 515k mi sold (rumor has it, that it has 750k miles on it now)
1984 300CD Turbo Diesel 150 k mi sold
1982 300D Turbo Diesel 225 sold
1987 300D Turbo Diesel 255k mi sold
1988 300 CE AMG Hammer 15k mi sold
1986 "300E" Amg Hammer 88k mi sold (it was really a 200, not even an E (124.020)
1992 500E 156k mi sold
etc.

DieselDog, the fourth is on pretty much every Mercedes tranny 1:1 as direct gear.

The gears 1 - 4 has pretty much the same ratios for four speed or five speed, so the fifth is actually a decent overdrive rated usually at 1 : 0,81

Especially for Diesel engines it is a very good feature

Kind regards
Eberhard