I need some help. I can turn a wrench just fine, I just can't seem to find the info, and maybe someone here has experience or the knowledge I'm looking for.
My transmission is going to be toast in pretty short order. I'd like to convert the wagon to a 5-speed. This is my "extra" car, so I can take some time with it to do it right. I know the bolt pattern is correct to put a 300E 5-speed into my wagon. I can get a donor 300E manual, so pedals, shifter, etc are there. Does anyone know what I can and cannot use from the 300E to do this conversion? And if there are incompatible items, does anyone know where I could get them from?
Thanks. Brian

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Brian
1995 E320 wagon

Other than drive shaft length & possibly the signal from the trans B1 switch to the fuel/ignition ECU, that should be a bolt-in.

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Wow, thanks for the quick response, M.B.DOC! That's really good news! I can have a driveshaft modified. Any suggestions on how to deal with the signal to the computer? Could you describe what the purpose/function of the signal is?
Does anyone know if the manual trans from an '86 or '88 US car is the same as a manual from a 93-95 Euro car with the M104? If there's little difference, then maybe I could deal with compatibility issues like M.B.DOC mentioned by sourcing parts from Europe? I'm talking about little electrical gizmo parts or smallish mechanical items, not big stuff like driveshaft and clutch. I don't want to take out a 2nd mortgage for this!
Thanks again!
Brian

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Brian
1995 E320 wagon

5 speeds are the only way to go

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5 speed '91 190E 2.6 320,000 mi. (new car, fast, smooth as silk six, couldn't find any more Peugeots)
5 speed '85 Peugeot 505 2.5l Turbo Diesel 266,000 mi. (old car, fast for a diesel, had 2 others)
5 speed '01 Jetta V6 (new wifes car, pretty quick)
5 speed '85 Peugeot 505 2.2l Turbo Gas 197,000 mi. (wifes car, faster, sadly gone just short of 200k )
5 speed '83 Yamaha 750 Maxim 14,000 mi. (fastest)
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Jim, you must get elbow-itis from doing all that shifting!

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Brian
1995 E320 wagon

Okay, I searched B-1 switch. I guess it will be kind of difficult to have a standard transmission send a signal from a switch that it does not have! Hmmm.
In any case, could someone please describe WHY the auto transmission has to communicate with the ECU concerning the B1 switch. Is this a defueling thing between shifts? I know some on this site have done the conversion to std shift from auto, but none that I've seen on this late a model year. Did anyone have to address this issue?
Any ideas or suggestions would be very helpful.
Thanks! Brian

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Brian
1995 E320 wagon

I got it now. Sometimes I need to be struck over the head a few times before something sinks in. I may have taken a few too many hits this time. It's a delicate balance.
Thank you all for your insights!
Brian.

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Brian
1995 E320 wagon

So, did you get it done ?

I'm contemplating this for my C36-powered wagon . . .

:-) neil