Thank you Frank.
Looking at my data card, the transmission that should be in the 280GE Gwagon is (7) Transmission:
720109 20 004743 matched to engine 110 994
22 000514.
This engine was replaced with engine
110 994 20 002687 that is currently in the Gwagon.
When I am next in town, I will look for the transmission number on the unit on the garage floor that came out of the sedan.
To add to confusion, I asked this same question on multiple forums, and on
https://clubgwagen.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=26940&p=244527#p244527 I was directed to an old thread at
PointedThree - sedan transmission v.s. G transmission where someone asked
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Hi guys, What are the essential differences between the g transmission and one from a turbo diesel sedan? to which someone wrote:
- they're physically different. The sedan tranny is actually longer (the tranny mount sits futher back). If you want to install it in a G, the A-frame stabilizing bar between the tranny and t-case must be modified. If you want to be able to put the shifter in 1'st gear position (that doesn't mean that it will actually work...I'm only talking to be able to put the shifter in that position), you have to build a custom "blocking plate" that allows teh shifter linkage to colapse, and the shifter to go in 1'st gear position.
- the output flange for the driveshaft is different, but easily interchangable
- the lines that go to the oil cooler have different fittings on the tranny side(smaller)
- G-tranny has much bigger oil capacity (deep oil cooler)
- oil filler/dip-stick different
- throttle position adjustment is different (on the G is with a rod, on the sedan is cable)
- I've heared that teh torque converter is different (different stall speed and torque multiplication factor, but I never checked the numbers)
I'm hoping this is solely referring to the turbo diesel sedan, and not the 280E sedan I bought because if it involves all the above, it would push a swap-over into the too-hard basket.
Interesting that your records show the 1982 280E was actually produced in 1977-80. I tried to do a lookup using WBD12303312064358 but get next to nothing. I cannot access the usual build sheet that would have the 280E transmission number.
Unfortunately, I just sold the engineless car on an auction site (for NZ$205 - someone got a real bargain), so I can't look for another ID other than the chassis plate I already photographed.
Which brings up another question. The Japanese Domestic Market plate says the engine is an M110-984 which is the high horsepower, high compression motor. But unlike my low compression M110-994, the 984 has the air pollution pump and hoses (AIS) - all of which I have removed, along with a catalytic converter all of which goes with the sedan to the new buyer. My 994 has G wagon exhaust manifolds that are different and do not have AIS.
I found one web site that says the US and Japanese engines are low horsepower, and certainly the AIS is notorious in US spec cars of that era for derating US-bound engines. But all records say the 984 is a high compression engine. I am hoping there are no M110-984 low compression engines, and by removing AIS, I will have the 175 or 182 hp engine instead of my current 154 hp 994 low compression engine).
