Thanks for the explanation and the suggestion about the valve body and the B1 piston kit.

I am on the road this week (damn day job), but I will look into a rebuilt valve body and the B1 kit. WRT the latter, it seems like the trick would be compressing the cover enough to get the snap ring and the rest of the stuff out in the close quarters of the transmission tunnel.

I will keep you posted.

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Chuck Taylor
Falls Church VA
'66 200, '66 230SL, '96 SL500. Sold: '81 380SL, '86 300E, '72 250C, '95 C220, 3 '84 280SL's '90 420SEL, '72 280SE, '73 280C, '78 280SE, '70 280SL, '77 450SL, '85 380SL, '87 560SL, '85 380SL, '72 350SL, '96 S500 Coupe