If it's in really nice shape, I would keep it original with the correct auto tranny. Worrying about 240D performance is a little silly. I wouldn't hack a manual tranny into one just to make it a tiny bit quicker. You will still have the slowest car on the road, just by a slightly smaller margin.

Oh, I would have that "puppy" out so fast and replaced with a 4 spd travesty or no

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1985 Euro 240D 5 spd 140K
1979 240D 5 spd, 40K on engine rebuild
1994 Dodge/Cummins, 5 spd, 121K
1964 Allice Chalmers D15 tractor
2014 Kubota L3800 tractor
1964 VW bug

"Lifes too short to drive a boring car"

Not a travesty, just kind of silly.

I think "silly" would be one of those "welded together, chain" steering wheels, not making a nice car into a better car

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1985 Euro 240D 5 spd 140K
1979 240D 5 spd, 40K on engine rebuild
1994 Dodge/Cummins, 5 spd, 121K
1964 Allice Chalmers D15 tractor
2014 Kubota L3800 tractor
1964 VW bug

"Lifes too short to drive a boring car"

I do like manual trannies in sports cars, putting one in a 3500 pound/70 HP sedan is a bit pointless.

Well if you ever get up to the nortwest corner, I'll let you drive a nice manual 240D, which isn't exactly a sports car but its kinda fun to drive on the roads we have around here.

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1985 Euro 240D 5 spd 140K
1979 240D 5 spd, 40K on engine rebuild
1994 Dodge/Cummins, 5 spd, 121K
1964 Allice Chalmers D15 tractor
2014 Kubota L3800 tractor
1964 VW bug

"Lifes too short to drive a boring car"

I'm sure the manual is more fun to drive than the auto, but a 240D just wouldn't be the car I would use for that project.

With that statement I'm guessing your 240 is an automatic.
It is not at all pointless. It is a fun car to drive in a relaxing soothing type of way. It is hard to verbalize, but it can create a smile while driving.....

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

SHssss, there getting hard enough too find

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1985 Euro 240D 5 spd 140K
1979 240D 5 spd, 40K on engine rebuild
1994 Dodge/Cummins, 5 spd, 121K
1964 Allice Chalmers D15 tractor
2014 Kubota L3800 tractor
1964 VW bug

"Lifes too short to drive a boring car"

My 240 is an auto, but I almost never drive it anyway (wife's car). I really do like manuals, there was a time when that was all I would own. If I happened to own a factory 240D manual, I would enjoy it; but I wouldn't bother converting one.

A 240D with a stick shift is a great car to drive because you have to drive it balls-to-the-wall to keep up with traffic, yet this kind of driving won't hurt the car at all. Use the speedo shift points, and you're fine.

I would trade my 300D nonturbo for a 240D 4-speed without a second thought.

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2003 Volkswagen Jetta Wolfsburg Edition, "Tiffany," - Black/Black Cloth - 75K miles, Jetta #6; my faithful, turbocharged, BBS-adorned sled

SOLD 3/08 1981 Mercedes Benz 300D, "Elise" - Astral Silver/Black M.B. Tex - 217K miles - I miss her everyday; the best-built car I've owned

I agree if I was going to keep it, but he is selling it after tranny replacement. Under those circumstances, I would just bolt up a matching automatic.

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John