Morph,

Once I take delivery of my 1985 300D Turbo later this week, I will check it out. I will be visiting my daughter in Troy, New York and she has my 1982 240D, which has a manual transmission. I will try to contort myself into a position to see how and if the pedal mounting hardware is installed differently. I am under the assumption that the only pedal that really gets stomped on and is supported by the pedal mounting pedestal is the brake pedal. The clutch is hydraulic and does not add a lot of moment to the attachment points, so it seams reasonable that the pedestal mount to the car structure is the same, with the features for a clutch pedal added on the manual transmission version. Someone out there might already know the story though. Jim

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Own:
1986 Euro 190E 2.3-16 (291,000 miles),
1998 E300D TurboDiesel, 231,000 miles -purchased with 45,000,
1988 300E 5-speed 252,000 miles,
1983 240D 4-speed, purchased w/136,000, now with 222,000 miles.
2009 ML320CDI Bluetec, 89,000 miles

Owned:
1971 220D (250,000 miles plus, sold to father-in-law),
1975 240D (245,000 miles - died of body rot),
1991 350SD (176,560 miles, weakest Benz I have owned),
1999 C230 Sport (45,400 miles),
1982 240D (321,000 miles, put to sleep)