Option Code 429?

[Arjun]

Would anyone know what Option Code 429 is .  It is not listed in the Technical Manual section.

Aashish
1970 280SL 5-Speed

[66andBlue]

For what car? You have several options:
429           from 01.04.1970  to 28.02.1986     MERCEDES-BENZ POWER STEERING AND MANUAL FIVE-SPEED TRANSMISSION
429K          from 20.02.1998                      REMOTE CLOSING TRUNK LID
429O          from       1978                         CHOCOLATE BROWN
429U          from 01.01.1978                      CHOCOLATE BROWN

[Arjun]

It's my 1970 280sl. Thank you.

[66andBlue]

Is this option code listed on the data card for your car?

[Arjun]

Yes.

[66andBlue]

Interesting - we may have to modify the technical manual.
Has your car a 5-speed manual transmission and a VIN higher than 17927??
A 5-speed transmission usually has a 230 option code. See the recent discussion here: http://www.sl113.org/forums/index.php?topic=13297.0
Where on the data card is it shown, under "wenig gewünscht"?
I am also curious now how many 5-speed cars came without power steering since this code combines them.

[JimVillers]

Is the 5-speed a ZF transmission or the MB transmission.  Since the option code applies to cars from 1970 through 1986.

[hauser]

Any possibility that this car was a special order?

[Arjun]

Alfred, the vin # is 19962. The code 429 is not in the rare options section but in the top right corner where the option codes start, right after 416. It is a ZF
transmission.

[66andBlue]

Thanks Arjun!
I have added code 429 to the technical manual.
By the way, what ever happened to your 250SL 5-speed?

[Drewtee]

My goodness, you are taking a 5 speed out of a 250sl