Hello! Love the "do it yourself" aspect of this forum, and I'm hoping that there is a decent knowledge base to help me with a project I'm working on.

I'm transplanting a 79 300 turbod diesel into an 83 380 sel.

I've got the 380 stripped, and I'm almost done pulling the 300/trans, and I'm not too familiar with what step I'll need to take to make this happen.


At this point I would like to convert whatever wires I will need before I stab the motor, as they are easier to get to right now, and here are my concerns:

There is a wire connector on the 380 trans that doesn't exist on the 300trans, and a cable on the 300 trans that isn't on the 380 platform.

Can anybody tell me what I'm in for here?

Thank you- Josh




I have a lot more concern/questions (speedo, vac., etc.), but I feel the transmission wires and vac are the first things that I should modify.