I can see a few things going wrong and there goes your hours.
Old car mix match engine/gearbox, couple of seized bolts especially floor plate bolts/screws, rounded off prop bolts.
With the 77 box the engine might swing forward enough to get the...
200 and early 300 autos were not edc, edc came out on the (I think) 95 N reg models, when bhp went from 111 to 121.
Even the edc models still had a kickdown cable, they had a throttle cable from throttle pedal to a throttle potentiometer under...
Not done it, but do keep us updated as it is somehting I would like to do to mine in the future.
You can get cv props rather than uj props, and I believe the cv style can operate at greater angles with no vibe issues.
They look standard to me.
Iirc 200tdi seals on a taper and later 300 ones use an o ring.
So where the male/male union screws into the rad it might benefit from some thread sealant.
Note td and 200tdi seem to use exact same set up, apart from all...
It does make things easier, particularly if you have to load 2 x >40kg dogs in the boot, both wanting to explore further rather than do as they're told!
Maybe that level of convenience isn't for everyone, but if you have it, generally you want it...
Almost done, Just needs testing out, that's the biggest job, the big thing is I still have the original steering wheel and that the whole idea of it all, it looks like it should!