Now that you have the tranny out you might as well replace the front pump bushing, if it's a bushing rather than a bearing. In talking to several rebuilders before I rebuilt mine, the one consistent piece of advice I got was to replace that bushing. They said if you didn't, the front seal would start leaking soon after. Sure enough, the 2 trans I disassembled had that bushing pretty well worn. A new one cost me $11. Press old one out, new one in.

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'82 300SD - 361K mi - "Blue"

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