There's a 1993 850 in the local yard with a manual transmission in it. I may be interested in grabbing this. Is there any difference between this and the M56H as far as installation and reliability/longevity goes?

Also, if the M56H is better, would the pedal box and shifter from this 1993 match up to an M56H?

 

Brass shifter forks in the Hs, different speedometer sensor, and different drive ratios. Everything else is the exact same.

 

Is it any harder to install than the H? And what are the forks in the L made of?

 

They're the exact same transmissions. You can't see any of the differences except that the L has a speed sensor on it and the H doesn't. They're made of plastic, but many people with built 850s are running them w/o issue.

 

I have about 5k on my M56L so far. I took the trans out of a car with about 230K miles and it still Runs great!

 

Sweet. I'm probably gonna snag it then.

 

Are you going to do a swap or just sell it?

If you're doing the swap, you'll need the transmission, transmission cables, shifter/shifter assembly, pedal assembly, etc etc.

 

Yeah, im gonna do the swap. I know I need to get all that stuff along with it, but thanks for making sure.