I had a bit of a surprise today - my shifter mechanism is different from the ones mentioned in the W124 and W201 Haynes manuals

Here's what it looks like "up top"



Reverse is back and to the left and the 5th gear is top and to the right

I was expecting to see something like this when looking at the linkages underneath



But instead I got this



(Found in WIS chapter 27 information but no mention of which bit attaches to which)

After a bit of arsing about I worked out the following relationships



Connections on gear box are



I think the rods are the same



Part number for the big bushings at the gearbox connections = 000 992 11 10

Part number for the little bushings in the eye ends of the shifter rods = 011 011 59 92

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
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Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!