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740 16v GLE Trans question 700

posted by  Brickabrack on  Wed Sep 29 07:54 CST 2004
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Hi, My Father just brought a 89 740 GLE 16v wagon, and the AW72 trans is bad, The question i have is how hard is it to find the AW72 or could i use the AW71, would this trans fit or would it be better to look for the AW72

please any help or suggestions


william








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    posted by  someone claiming to be on  Wed Dec 31 18:00 CST 1969 [RELATED]

    I believe the aw-72 has different shift points to compliment the different characteristics of the 16 valve engine. So an aw-71 or aw-70 may not be a good match. On the other hand there are probably quite a few GLE's with 16 valve engines in the bone yards with broken timing belts and ruined heads that you could pull. I've even got a 1989 aw-72 trans in the back yard that I'm going to junk. You'd be welcome to take that one but I'm in Massachusetts, a bit of a haul. It has 126,000 miles on it, and I pulled it from a 1989 740 GLE with a bad 16 valve engine. I never drove the car it self. The previous owner said the trans was good but I can not vouch for it. Good lunk in your endeavors.



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