Yes, but the S320 had a *different* 5-speed tranny, the 722.5, which is sort of a 722.3 with a tacked-on 0.75 overdrive fifth gear. This tranny was too weak to take the torque of either the diesel or V8 engines, so it was only used behind the 6-cyl engines like the M104. The 722.5 doesn't have a very good reputation for reliability. The early W140 diesel & V8's got the bulletproof 722.3 four speed, and the later ones got the much stronger 722.6 five speed.
I'd *love* to swap the 722.6 tranny into my E500, but besides clearance issues in the body tunnel, there are a lot of electronic controls that wouldn't play nice with the old W124 computers. :) +dm > ------------------------------ > Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 09:45:09 -0600 > From: "Kaleb C. Striplin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] 140 3.5 fuel mileage > > > Well the 300SE/S320 had the 5 speed from the beginning. > > Dave M. wrote: > > > No, at least not in the USA they didn't. All the W140.134 models from > > 1992-95 in the USA have the same 4-speed 722.3 transmission. It was > > the gassers, after 1995 I think, that got the new, beefy 722.6 > > five-speed auto in the USA. > > > > The lucky folks across the pond got the W140.135, which had both the > > OM606 turbo motor (which we NEVER saw), and that engine was mated with > > the same 722.6 five-speed auto. Now THAT would be one heckuva car!! > > What a shame MB never imported them. I bet they'd have the highest > > resale value of any W140 chassis. > > > > :) > > > > +dm
