How are early-80's MB tranny's? Like a fine precision watch...

I see people complain about MB tranny's, especially on the 123. However, this car is so rock-solid, that when one accrues upwards of 200K, the tranny is naturally going to begin to fail. One should not curse the transmission merely because the engine is still chugging out the miles!

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Matt
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Grey/black '84 300D, 197K