Thanks for the link; good to know someone else who's not very experienced managed to do it without too much difficulty.

I don't have a transmission jack, but have a range of different jacks and accept I'll need patience and ingenuity to get it to work (I like the idea of using boards as in the link).

The 'new' trans I have is a 722.309 (which from a thread I found on here was used on the 280E, 280CE, and 280TE which figures as it was from a 280TE.

I'm wondering whether to remove the engine as well and give it a freshen up but it's probably best to get the replacement trans in and check it out before I get carried away. I'd have to hire an engine hoist as well so I might leave that for a while.

Thanks for the help

Mike

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280CE auto in metallic blue (97k miles), bought as a project; converted to 230CE, hopefully ending up immaculate.