Got a transmission from Sun Valley Mercedes Transmissions, had a lovely chat with the owner David, great guy to do business with. He used to have another company Mercedes Dismantlers in Sun Valley where I used to get hard to find parts from for my 300CD back in the early 2000's. $1750 out the door, no core charge and it will be installed by a mechanic in VanNuys he recommended: Boulevard Auto Repair, a Mercedes specialist since the seventies. I should have the car back in a couple of days.

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1979 Black on Black, 300CD (sold), 1990 Black 300SE, Silver 1989 Volvo 780, 1988 300CE (vanished by the hands of a girlfriend), 1992 300CE (Rescue).