As if I did not have enough projects already...

I found a 83 300SD for sale with a bad tranny. I have a spare '85 300d tranny.

Simply put: can I use the '85 300D tranny into an '83 300SD ?

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1985 300D : the clean one 180k miles - Now passed onto my parents.
2000 E39 M5
2002 e46 330xit
1991 mustang notch (project)
1970 chevelle (project)

I think not, only because the '85 is a different animal. Someone else will need to pipe up and provide the details. TC is different or something.....
You will always need to do something about the speedo input (mechanical vs electric) when swapping between SD and D versions of the 722.3xx tranny.
Rick

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80 300SD (129k mi) 82 240D stick (193k mi)77 240D auto - stick to be (153k mi) 85 380SL (145k mi) 89 BMW 535i 82 Diesel Rabbit Pickup (374k mi) 91 Jetta IDI Diesel (155k mi) 81 VW Rabbit Convertible Diesel 70 Triumph Spitfire Mk III (63kmi)66 Triumph TR4a IRS (90k mi)67 Ford F-100 (??)

I know the 85 had different gearing but can I swap that sensor over from the other tranny ?

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1985 300D : the clean one 180k miles - Now passed onto my parents.
2000 E39 M5
2002 e46 330xit
1991 mustang notch (project)
1970 chevelle (project)