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Old 04-03-2011, 12:23 AM
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Originally Posted by netboy View Post
Recently purchased an 83 300D with a bad tranny.
Checked the pan for metal, checked modulator press and vacuum.
3rd gear flairs to the point its gone.
After a few test drives, I dropped the again pan to change the valve body and found the pan full of metal flakes and chunks.
I have another tranny from an 81 300SD but I could not obtain the torque converter because the engine was locked up.
The 300SD has an electronic speedometer..


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