I picked up the new '80 300sd yesterday and have been tinkering around with the no reverse problem. The PO said the band was broken and not out of adjustment...I questioned that since I could feel the car trying to reverse.

I pulled the adjustment bolt and the pin/plunger out..cleaned everything up and tried to reassemble.... I can now screw the adjustment screw all the way in with almost no resistance....so...I'm wondering...

Does the pin at the end of the screw have to be aligned...or should it just line up when you start tightening down the adjustment bolt? How would you align it with the tranny in place...can you access it with the pan off?

Or...could the reverse band really be broken and there is nothing for it to tighten down to?

I'm prepared to pull the transmission if necessary...but really don't want to...I'm hoping this is going to be a simple fix....any ideas?