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Originally Posted by smallwwb
So I took a look at the "mint" 240d today, and it's totally sun-rotted inside, with terrible paint, stained carpet, etc. Not mint at all.
The guy will still sell me all the shifter stuff out of the car.
It's a 1976 with the older body- will that trans still work?
I'm thinking it might be a better idea to find a 5spd from something else.
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its likely gonna be an iron 4-speed if its in a 115. Shifter and transmission will work no problem, but one and maybe all of the shifter linkage bars may be a little short. HOWEVER, since you are putting this behind a 5cyl, it might work just fine.
Pedals won't work, you will need that assembly out of a 123 manual car. Grab the flywheel, hydraulic lines, shifter and bars, cut the reverse light switch wires and leave it on the stick assembly, and you won't need that many additional parts.
Typically, you have to shorten the shift linkage bars when converting the 5cyl to manual when the transmission is out of a 240 of 123 chassis. I found that when I put a 4cyl 115 4-speed in a 4cyl 123 4-speed, that none of the bars were even close to long enough, but that extra cylinder might make it work, or at least close enough to be easily modifiable. In short, the shorter shift linkage bars that are in 4cyl 115s because of the body arrangement might be close to the right length to the shorter shifter bars you need to adapt a 5cyl 123 to 4-speed.
Like said before, actual 123 5-speeds are extremely rare, most of the manual transmission cars you come across of this vintage will be 4-speeds. If you actually find a 5-speed, the overdrive will definitely help fuel economy, but that will be a fun search.
