Automatic -> Manual Transmission Swap
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Automatic -> Manual Transmission Swap
Hey everybody. New to the forums. I have a 1996 Mercedes C220 Sedan, great car, solid engine, runs good and drives like a champ. It has about 103xxx miles on it. This is all good, but I want to swap the transmission for a manual one. Does anyone have any ideas which transmissions would fit on this model and around how much it would cost to have this done. Thanks everybody 
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If you can find the parts out of a wrecked R170 (SLK230) (I seen a lot in the wrecking yards in Cali) you can do the swap. I am going to do a swap into a C230K soon.
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I'm not sure if you have to do anything with the electronics, but the car will probably be expecting an automatic. You might want to find out if there's anything you need to do regarding the computer system.
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Anything is possible if you want to put forth the time and effort.
The first thing is to find a complete donor car (same year/engine) that was hit from the back or side. Inspect to ensure that all components in front of the rear seats are there are are not visibly damaged.
Now the fun stuff, transfer all the "manual" components from the donor car to yours... this includes the wiring harness, dash cluster, console with shifter, engine computer (ECM) as well as the traditional mechanical parts.
The end result is a manual Merc as the factory intended...
If you do the work yourself you should pull this off in a month of weekends (figure 60 to 80 hours) and the cost of the donor car, probably $2000 to $5000 depending on condition. I would have a contingency fund of another couple grand for the misc stuff that doesn't work due to the parts coming from a wreck. Good Luck & Happy Motoring
The first thing is to find a complete donor car (same year/engine) that was hit from the back or side. Inspect to ensure that all components in front of the rear seats are there are are not visibly damaged.
Now the fun stuff, transfer all the "manual" components from the donor car to yours... this includes the wiring harness, dash cluster, console with shifter, engine computer (ECM) as well as the traditional mechanical parts.
The end result is a manual Merc as the factory intended...
If you do the work yourself you should pull this off in a month of weekends (figure 60 to 80 hours) and the cost of the donor car, probably $2000 to $5000 depending on condition. I would have a contingency fund of another couple grand for the misc stuff that doesn't work due to the parts coming from a wreck. Good Luck & Happy Motoring
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Hey everybody. New to the forums. I have a 1996 Mercedes C220 Sedan, great car, solid engine, runs good and drives like a champ. It has about 103xxx miles on it. This is all good, but I want to swap the transmission for a manual one. Does anyone have any ideas which transmissions would fit on this model and around how much it would cost to have this done. Thanks everybody
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