Ps2cho,

The skinny:

They are beautiful when they work-oh beautiful when they work again!!!

The conductor plate fix-Hold on!!! $1800 and you need SDS
(722.6 DIY in the comfort of your home for about one less zero in parts)

No more dipstick at all or the pipe-:confused You need to remove a screw in the pan and watch the overflow of fluid... You must have the updated fluid pan

The 722.9 are just known to spin the front pump copper bushing, and there is a fix. A new front pump with roller bearing(plus a whole rebuild). If your tranny shop is good(not mercedes-Mercedes does not rebuild transmissions at the dealers they just R&R-replace&repair) they will machine your old pump and put a roller bearing... The 4matics with a 722.9 suffer from a rear bearing not getting enough fluid as the transfer case is integrated to the transmission. It is not separate like with the 722.6's.

It rebuilds like a 722.6 which is easy. I have the rebuild manual somewhere, but it is to large to post..

I know some of us will have to bend-over one day with a car with 722.9, but that is not chump-change to the silly air-shocks and the pump.Those shocks are more of money pit(even the rebuilt ones are not cheap). It makes a W140 S600 shocks look like Yugo in cost.

I'll deal with my 722.6's all day...wayyy better and more mature transmission.

Martin