Thread: Is the 5-speed used in campers/vans like a W123 4-speed with an extra-low first?
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Old 02-13-2013, 09:47 AM
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Originally Posted by vstech View Post
IDK, those pics seem to show the truck bell is the same, and the shifter is just attached to the tail piece, it should easily be removed to use a car shifter...
yeah, maybe. The top two bolt holes look very large and well reinforced to me. Before shelling out money to buy one I would want more pics and some measurements to be sure.

the side cover looks different to me too. Perhaps an iron case 123 tranny would look more like that truck tranny.
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