Okay.
I have a donor 300E 5-speed in my driveway. The wagon (115K miles now) is a third car.....I've driven it like a good soccer dad for 3.5 years, and now I want to start playing with it.
The donor has over 250K on the odometer, and that's busted! Obviously to do the conversion correctly, a rebuild is in order for the tranny and the differential, among many other things. The donor has a stock 3.07 rear (I was considering 3.27, but I think I'll stick with the "original" ratio) and I'll bet it's pretty well shot, but then again I could be wrong about that. The donor was driven into the ground, but the price was very right!
Potomac Pat has a brand new 3.07 ratio pupmkin listed on ebay for a W210 diesel. He has regrettably informed me, however, that it won't bolt in.
I figured if it fit I could pick it up and be that much closer to the goal. I guess I'll just have to get an assessment of the one I have or buy a lower mileage W124 unit.
Brian

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Brian
1995 E320 wagon