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Originally Posted by CoyoteStarfish
Straight out of my Haynes manual:
My guess is that this rear housing makes the parts non-interchangeable with the commonly available 4-speed from the 240D.
Question posed now, are the transmissions the same except for that fifth gear housing? If so, we might just be able to order kits containing the housing gears and other mechanical components.
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That's a totally accurate guess. Maybe some of the persons with the aluminium 5-speeds (717.xxx) can chime in and tell us how similar are the transmission.
The thing here is that Gurkha mentioned that his provider only makes the iron transmissions, not the aluminium ones. Not sure if the internals are the same... 
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1982 W123 300D NA Euro, 300K Miles, 4-speed manual, 3.46 rear diff, early W126 front brakes, Penta rims with 205/60R15 FH900's, custom fitted (by me) audio system, more to come into the money pit...  Soon to be installed: Bilstein HD, R107 front discs and 4-piston calipers, HD Suspension springs, wagon front swaybar.
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