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Originally Posted by Gordo
I have been through 4 manual gearboxes (and at least 8 clutches), in the last 250k in my manual swapped 300tdt. 3 iron boxes and one getrag box. I love the car, but I am getting sick of all the transmission/clutch issues.
Has anyone had success with a Toyota w56? I know there are adapter plates for swapping the 617 into a Toyota P/U, but what about putting the Toyota transmission in the w123? I think the Toyota clutch will hold up better too (bigger and heavier duty).
What about the Volvo M46? It looks like I could possibly use the bell housing from the Mercedes iron box and adapt it to the Volvo transmission. I could also move the shifter since it has a linkage outside the gearbox. The trouble is that I would still be stuck with the weak Mercedes clutch, and I don't know if the input shaft is the right length.
What about the Ford T5? Has anyone used this in a W123?
Thanks for your help.
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This is not a Mercedes but a past girlfriend had a new Ford truck that kept eating transmissions. After the 4th transmission the dealer decided to check the run out of the bell housing and found that it was out of spec.
When the run out was brought within spec the transmission issues disappeared.
I don't know how the dealer corrected the issue but on other diesel engines you remove the alinement pin and move the bell housing around till the dial indicator run out shows it is within spec and torque it and re-check it and drill it for oversized alignment pins while the bell housing is bolted and torqued down.