Thread: 5-speed manual
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Old 05-22-2014, 04:21 PM
Frank Reiner Frank Reiner is offline
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Originally Posted by seoseo View Post
Well, I have lots of differentials to choose from: 240d with 4 speed manual, 300d with 5 speed manual, 300d turbo with auto. I'll have to dig out the manuals from the 240 and 300d to see what the gear ratios are, but if this is a typical overdrive 5th transmission, I wouldn't be surprised to find that the first 4 are the same as the four speed, with 4th 1:1. But this is a mercedes. It'll probably be different.
seoseo:

You can find the ratio of each of the diffs that you have stamped into the lower rear corners of the back face of the diff housing (not the cover, but right next to it).
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