Aaargh! My transmission needs a rebuild!
 

Okay so I'm getting quoted 1500 for a transmission rebuild for my 83 300d. Is this a good price?

It doens't really matter because I can't afford it anyways, but I'm curious.

Is it possible to rebuild the transmission myself? For under...$500? Or is that wishful thinking?

I'm stranded for now. Riding my bike and walking is overrated!

help

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that depends on you.

Pull the thing yourself and take it to the shop. Its not that hard to pull the engine and tranny yourself. You could do it in an afternoon and do a little engine work while you're waiting on the tranny. Maybe a starter, an odd hard-to-reach gasket or something like that.

No need to pull the engine to pull the tranny. Easy to do and no special tools are needed. I pulled mine last week. I didn't even use a tranny jack. I just used a bottle jack and a bunch of wood blocks piled under it. I lowered it by pulling a few blocks at a time.

The car is already in the shop with the tranny pulled. I already owe them $350 for telling me what parts are busted and my options. I'm so worried that I'll give them the money for a rebuild and then something else is going to go.

If only I had skipped tuition payments and fixed my car. hehehe

Are there any recommended books on mercedes 722.315 transmission rebuilds?

I just ran into the same problem. The trans cracked around the B2 piston housing and parts were mixed and matched in another case (turned out to be a bad trans) and it made it 10 miles. If you plan to keep it I would reccomend fully rebuilding it or finding a good used transmssion at another location. which is what I ended up doing but got lucky doing so.

Try this http://www.bulkpart.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=2&Category_Code=722-3manuals
Good luck.

Check with German Potomac. I just bought a tranny for my 300TD for $600 and it works well. They are close to me so there was no shipping charge though.