[W126 Coupe] 500 / 560 Transmission Interchangeable?

[Hein]

Hi Kevin,
I remember your restoration too. Would love to see some pics. Bellamy is 
there on the island close to you and has some info for you about buying a 
new tranny in Canada.

I have a Euro 500 and replaced the tranny with a BuyMBParts tranny (Rusty 
Cullens or Jonathan Hodgman). It was said to have all the upgrades to make 
it like a '91 tranny , which is a hundred and something odd upgrades.

It works great with the added 1st gear start. I will look through my good 
junk for the part number. I had the original tranny rebuilt with a rebuild 
kit that I bought from Rusty as well but haven't used it as the new one 
works great.

Hein
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <kevin at dennehy.net>
To: <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 2:07 AM
Subject: [W126 Coupe] 500 / 560 Transmission Interchangeable?


> Greetings all,
>
> cannot believe it's been at least a year since my last post...where the
> heck does the time go...
>
>
> What I have: 1985 500 Euro with a blown tranny
>
> What I've heard...the 500 trannys apparently are not as smooth as the
> 560's. That being said, Mercedes apparently has moded their 500's so when
> you buy a factory rebuilt now it's better than the original. So...what to
> do.
>
> Do I put a factory rebuilt 500 Euro back in?
>
> Or should I put a 560 Euro in?
>
> Can a 560 be interchanged. IE is the housing the same etc etc?
>
> Has anyone done this? Can anyone tell me IF the 560 is really a smoother
> tranny?
>
> Would love to hear your infinate wisdom on this one.
>
> Kevin Dennehy
> Vancouver BC
>
> PS:
> If any of you remember, a couple of years ago I was restoring from the
> ground up my 500. Finished the restoration project last year. Turned out
> better than expected and like driving new SEC...so tight, so straight and
> so nice! Not for the faint of heart though as it is very very costly. Such
> is the love for SEC;) Of course I replaced virtually everthing.....except
> the transmission and engine. I promise I'll get around to posting some
> pics in the future.
>
>
>
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