I've had a valve body off before for a bowden cable replacement, but never apart. I am not afraid to do it as long as i have some guidance. I read the threads about installing the shift kit, and that seems pretty straight forward.
The crank pulley has only a ring of small bolts without a center unlike 61x. Ill try the PS pulley. Is it ok to bump the starter with the coil disconnected to get at the drain. The transmission pan is still off. Maybe I'll replace before i try.

It is hard to tell if i am getting a slight grasp of a 1st upon take off. I could check the kickdown switch. I looked for the tag for the differential ratio, but i could only find the part number. It was 115 351 3200. Thats why i thought 3.51.
BTW the pan and fluid looked very clean. I only found a little sludge on the top of the filter.

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Chris
84 280sl
82 300d euro