[W126 Coupe] manual trans sec?

[Josh Allen]

I'd be interested to hear how the bell housing matches up, if it does at 
all.
The lack of a manual option is one of my only peeves about the MB full 
size cars. I'm of the camp that believes a sports car isn't unless 
you're rowing your own, and in my SD, I'd almost rather have the manual 
just for the better fuel economy! (Driving a full size car for fuel 
economy.. Hah!)

If you get the chance, I'd love to see the front end of the tranny, even 
a good pic with relative distances between bolt holes would be 
appreciated. If it's something somewhat workable, I may have to go 
hunting BMW's for a tranny!

-Josh

Ian Gatenby wrote:

>

> I’ve never heard of one – but I have just bought a spare Getrag 280 

> gearbox for my E34 M5. I’ll take a look and see how things match up at 

> some stage in the future, as I’ve still got the 500 and 560 SECs, but 

> haven’t driven them since I bought the M5. I wouldn’t mind “hardening 

> up” one of the SECs a bit, along the same lines as the M5 is compared 

> to my son’s E34 535 manual. The manual transmission in both those cars 

> just makes them both much more interesting to drive.

>

> Ian

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