Originally Posted by firstdiesel

Well I've only drive the car about a mile or so daily so I have been driving it real easy and all has been "okay".

Here is a question: Is a torque converter for a 722.315 that hard to find?

I've been doing research to see if it could be one of my problems. Here is what I found out about bad torque converter symptoms:

Loss of power
Transmission slippage
Torque converter noise (grinding or whistling noises)(I have a whistling/whining noise)
Abnormal transmission engagement (mine hesitates slightly before driving forward)
Transmission surging

With that in mind I called a couple of T/C shops locally and asked about mine and they all say they don't have one! I give them the part # from my local Mercedes dealer and they have no matches. One person said there is a code stamped into the T/C and I will have to pull it to find out what it is.

Here is my plan:

Remove transmission
Replace T/C
Replace pump and shaft seals
Replace rear shaft seal (its out, why not)
Replace ,as point of maintenance, the B2 valve and seals/o-rings
Replace ,as point of maintenance, the K1 spring
Replace filter and gasket

I'm talking a couple hundred vs. $1600-$2000+ here.

Any ideas?

Oh, and I was having shifting problems earlier in the year and took care of that through fixing vac leaks and adjustments from advice on the forum. A month or so after that, I have the aforementioned post.