Hi there. I'm brand new to this forum, but have been watching for a while. Great place for valuable info. My question is... what automatic transmission is compatible with my 82 240d? Will an automatic from a 300(sd, d, etc.) bolt up? I have the manual set up complete with all the hardware, and have read many a post on the advantages of this application. I just don't know where to start. Would it be easier to drop the old auto, and replace it with another? Thanks in advance.

I have an excellent automatic tranny from a 74 240d. I am not sure if it will work in your car or not. I will sell it cheaply.

Tom W

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Why not install the manual?

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70's Southern Pacific #5608 Fairmont A-4 MOW car

13 VW JSW 2.0 TDI 193K, Tuned with DPF and EGR Delete.

91 W124 300D Turbo replaced, Pressure W/G actuator installed. 210K

90 Dodge D250 5.9 Cummins/5 speed. 400K

I was planning on doing just that. I pulled an engine/tranny from a "pull you part". I got everything needed to do the swap, but am still unsure if it is the right choice. I plan to sell the car when I'm done. It has 115k original miles and is in awesome shape! I'm not sure what people think of a vehicle that is not "completely original". Any thoughts? By the way, thanks for the input.

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1980 300cd
1984 300d (euro) (4 speed)
1983 300d (sold)
1992 300TE (sold)
1982 240d (sold)
1976 280s (sold)
1970 280s (sold)
1964 Volvo 544
1967 Jeepster Convertible (sold)
2004 Honda Civic Hybrid (sold)

In my not so humble opinion, an automatic 240D is going to be boring, slow (worse than the manual ones), unresponsive, and generally no fun. I'm not sure why they ever sold 240D's with the automatic, but I would never want one.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.

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.

It isn't so much about the hard numbers as the fact that a manual transmission requires much more involvement from the driver and improves the perception of performance as well as making the vehicle more fun in general to operate. For the record, I hate automatic transmissions and only buy vehicles that have them because those models weren't made with manuals.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.

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 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

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