Sorry to hear that the project just got delayed and more expensive. Hope you can find a new-to-you transmission. I'll ask my mechanic—he shares his shop with a transmission repair guy who might know of one. You need a 722.303? If you find one here I'll bring it down.

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"Buster" in the '95

Our all-Diesel family
1996 E300D (W210) . .343,000 miles Wife's car
2005 E320 CDI . . 148,000 miles My car
Santa Rosa population 177,300 (2026 projected)
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . 668,300
"Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz."
-- Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970