Whoa, Nellie. The tranny used in the 1985 W123's is different, but not bulletproof, to my knowledge. It doesn't have a lockup converter, either. It has a *looser* converter, like the later (86-up) diesels, but definitely no lockup. I vaguely recall the 85 may have the weaker 722.4xx tranny, but I could be wrong on that... don't have an EPC in front of me to look it up. The vacuum controls are much different (improved) on the 1985-up models though, to help with the firm 1-2 shift and flaring 3-4 that plagued earlier models.
=) -dm > ------------------------------ > Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 16:43:25 -0500 > From: John Berryman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Spotted 300CD for sale > > > On Tuesday, February 21, 2006, at 02:59 PM, andrew strasfogel wrote: > > > A near-mint maroon '85 CD sold for $9800 last fall. The virtue of the > > '85 model is its bulletproof transmisssion. > > > > Dayum! > > What makes the 85 trans any more bulletproof than others? > It has a lock-up convertor but what else? > > Johnny B. > I Mac Therefore I am
