I drained the 240D manual when I first got the car. About 1/3 of what came out was water.

I put in Redline MTL and have not checked it since. Guess I ought to do that pretty soon.

I think if I was going to do a 500 mile flush, I would use ATF Type A. (Pilot Truck Stops sells it around here.)

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2004 C240 Wagon 203.261 Baby Benz
2008 ML320 CDI Highway Cruiser
2006 Toyota Prius, Saving the Planet @ 48 mpg
2000 F-150, Destroying the Planet @ 20 mpg



TRUMP .......... WHITEHOUSE
HILLARY .........JAILHOUSE
BERNIE .......... NUTHOUSE
0BAMA .......... OUTHOUSE

Keep the BS out of my threads. Pretty simple.

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I'm not a doctor, but I'll have a look.

'85 300SD 245k
'87 300SDL 251k
'90 300SEL 326k

Six others from BMW, GM, and Ford.

Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty.[/IMG]

What on God's green planet earth are you talking about or referencing???

I usually have no problems recognizing comments of a smart-alack nature [since I seem to make them most often ], but I'm just not gettin' it.....

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'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

He was talking about this:

Oh. Well, that was kind of cluttery.....
But as a quality contributer you earned the right with me not to get your knads busted over it.
Kinda mucking up the HitMan's thread aren't we.......

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

You are welcome! You might know this already, but you also need a fluid transfer pump for both the tranny and the diff, since there is not enough room up there to pour in from a bottle... I got mine from pepboys ($7.50, a "powerbuilt"), which is one of the cheapest and apparently one of the sturdiest and does the job quite adequately.

Rino

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1979 240D, W123, 105K miles, stick, white w/ tan interior.

After much reading of previous threads, I concluded that just about any oily-type liquid would work in a 240D's manual transmission, at least for a while, and that 90W was probably not a good idea for long-term use. The other threads mainly boiled down to Redline, a couple different grades of engine oil, and ATF. Out of curiosity, I called Mercedes Benz of Reno about an hour ago and asked what they suggest. The parts guy didn't know, so he went and asked the techs. He came back and told me to use 90W gear oil. Then about three minutes later he called back and said that he had told me wrong and that I should use Dexron III (aka regular cherry juice).

Since I don't know when my manual trans oil was last changed (though I suspect it was in 1993), I'm going to change it in the near future, and I will be using cherry juice.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.

Anyone have thoughts on Mobil1 synth ATF (since its available at local AZ)

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1995 E420 Schwarz
1995 E300 Weiss
#1987 300D Sturmmachine
#1991 300D Nearly Perfect
#1994 E320 Cabriolet
#1995 E320 Touring
#1985 300D Sedan
OBK #42

As long as it meets DexIII standards.

I have been running on 10W-30 Mobile-1 engine oil for a couple of months - It helped my 1-2 shift alot. May try the redline next time. I went with 10W-30 'cause it's what the manual and FSM for my (1980) recommends.

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Current Mercedes
1979 maple yellow 240D 4-speed

Gone and fondly remembered:
1980 orient red 240D 4-speed

Gone and NOT fondly remembered:
1982 Chna Blue 300TD

Other car in the stable:
2013 VW Jetta Sportwagen TDI / 6-speed MT

You should find Jim Smith's post about this...
some fluids eat up the synchronizers.... bummer..
I got some Redline MTL for mine....not easy to find ... the local VW shop carried it....
The factory ' bent wrench' ( not to be confused with the bent wrenches for the valve adjusting ) is made to do this job....and the engine oil drain plug and 3rd member...

git yor mind out of the gutter boy!

seriously this is a special tools job?

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1995 E420 Schwarz
1995 E300 Weiss
#1987 300D Sturmmachine
#1991 300D Nearly Perfect
#1994 E320 Cabriolet
#1995 E320 Touring
#1985 300D Sedan
OBK #42

Negitave, passenger side

I also vote for Red Line MTL, good stuff

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1985 Euro 240D 5 spd 140K
1979 240D 5 spd, 40K on engine rebuild
1994 Dodge/Cummins, 5 spd, 121K
1964 Allice Chalmers D15 tractor
2014 Kubota L3800 tractor
1964 VW bug

"Lifes too short to drive a boring car"

Thats right, the linkages are on the drivers side.