i would like to rebuild my transmission myself
 

i would like to rebuild my transmission myself
is there any training material available.

The man that used to work on my transmissions had a MB transmission shop and gave it up to sell software that he had written with step by step instructions on how to do it.

I think his purpose was to sell to shops so don't know if he ever did it and if so, how to get it. Maybe a Google search will find it if it is out there.

there is some guy selling video dvds for rebuilding automatic trasmission of 19832 300Ds. i just bought the video. haven't got it in the mail yet. i will report back after watch it.

thanks man
 

thanks man i really appreciate it..

" i will report back after watch it."

Report back after your rebuild SHIFTS PROPERLY.... LOLOL

Check out this thread as well... lots of good info and a sucess story.
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/tech-help/27603-ultimate-diy-am-i-crazy.html?highlight=transmission+rebuild

I like your attitude...but you need to think this through. Transmission building is tricky...one little mistake in the assembly process and you may have many hours of work pulling the tranny out and starting over. Then there are the tools required to do the job...significant investment involved here unless you are an inventive welder and machinist and can make some of them yourself.

If you still want to try this, I would suggest getting a cheap, simple US built tranny core(TH350/Powerglide etc.) and experiment with that first. See if you can take it apart (and put it back together) and deal with all the problems you run into. If that works, then go for the Benz rebuild and let us know how it goes for ya.

looked into it but
 

I seriously looked into it
We could not get a transmission for our 1985 300d NA euro they made less than 3k of them world wide. I went as far as disassembling A w116 transmission using a vertical hacksaw in place of special tools I had no intent of reassembling that transmission just getting a feel for it. We concluded the tool investment which must include money for a darn near clean room work space mopping the garage floor won’t cut it. In our case we decided it would be easier to modify the car to take an $80 junk yard 300d turbo transmission. Than spend all the money on tools going through all the trouble making a clean room work area. Knowing if you only had to remove it twice from the car after rebuilding it to fix errors that meant you had done a perfect job of rebuilding your first Mercedes transmission. But others have successfully done If you go for it you should budget your time then triple it. Know exactly where you can rent tools and what you must buy the special tools can be very expensive. Do not underestimate how clean a work environment you must have at all times while the transmission is being worked on and stored during periods of no work, and the cost of providing it. Last but not least make sure every component is the latest upgrade there is. I would look at any one trying it as nuts after seriously looking into it myself. But I would look in awe at any one who did it
DHS

How to make a clean room 101
 

hey,
When we used to do asbestos abatement we had to contain the area, basically making a clean room.

What we did was surround the entire area, including the floor, with poly sheeting, viscreen, whatever you want to call it. The entrance was made by overlappping several sheets over each other. A HEPA filter on a fan or AC unit would provide filtered clean area to the workspace. (Actualy we filtered the air before blowing it outside creating a negative pressure in the work area, but you would want the opposite).

You would want a shower cap and maybe a nylon jumpsuit to wear. Those suits we wore in the containment area would be perfect but I wouldn't know where to get them.

I don't really see it being very hard to actually make a clean room.

Danny

Visit a few transmission rebuilders and you will see nothing like this. Cleanliness is an important consideration but it requires no extreme measures.

A couple more links:
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/122460-722-120-transmission-modifications.html?highlight=atsg

http://www.jie.com/Mercedes/w4a020Sch1.htm

Look in the yellow pages and find a transmission parts house to get the ATSG manual.

my trannie
 

today my tranny is working fine but i will probably buy a junker
and try to rebuild....

I think i could keep it clean but i wonder about getting all the stuff back together right...

but i will think this through