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Old 11-25-2010, 11:16 PM
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Originally Posted by atikovi View Post
Along these lines I was wondering how hard it would be to convert a W211 body like an '07 E350 to a 6-speed? Wouldn't the 2001 and up C240 sedan or C230 coupe 6-speed tranny bolt right in? A wrecked late model 6-spd. parts car like that would be a lot easier to find than an old '86-'88 300E.
Its actually a bit more involved that just coding it out.



There are a few sensors in the transmission that the ECU relies on, and are not in the manual transmission unit.



I have been working with a friend who is an MB tech, and we are trying to cook up a way to code out/trick those sensors on his W211 E55 so we can convert it to a 6 speed manual.
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