Check out these pics.

I have been driving my 300sd for about 25K miles. Right now it has about 230K on the clock. About a week ago it started making this horrible noise. Worse than any car noise I have ever heard. I thought that it was probably some sort of main/rod bearing. I started to take the engine out and went to take the bolts out of the bell housing of the tranny and this is what I found.







If you have the time check out this video(22mb) .. it shows how the TC is not connected to the flywheel.

http://www.billyvandervalk.com/veggie/tourqueconv.avi

Has anyone ever seen anything like this ..


billy

oh yeah, and I didnt take any bolts out of the TC yet ....

Was that tranny a rebuild? I'm willing to bet who ever did the install did not stab the converter properly, or the bolts were not tightened enough, resulting in that damage.

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70's Southern Pacific #5608 Fairmont A-4 MOW car

13 VW JSW 2.0 TDI 193K, Tuned with DPF and EGR Delete.

91 W124 300D Turbo replaced, Pressure W/G actuator installed. 210K

90 Dodge D250 5.9 Cummins/5 speed. 400K

But, if there is a chance...hopefully someone good with a tig welder can get it back together.

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1987 300D (230,000 mi on a #14 head-watching the temp gauge and keeping the ghost in the machine)
Raleigh NC - Home of deep fried sushi!

Thats cast alluminum, the weld wouldnt last long. not because it wouldnt be strong, but because it takes Great skill with a tig welder, and setting up, any small thing that goes wrong would mess it all up.

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Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

As long as they would add one additional commandment for you to keep thy religion to thyself.
George Carlin (Wonder where he is now..)

1981 240d (engine donor 1983 240d) recently rebuilt engine hurray! - No more.. fought a tree and the tree won.

pearl black 1983 240d 4speed (Converted!@$$%) atleast the tranny was rebuilt.

You have a very accurately titled thread!!

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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

is the transmission from a 300D the same for 300sd?

For driving the car, yes. However the speedo drive is electrical rather than cable drive.

That's why I didn't say "...someone mediocre with a tig welder..." What some DIYers don't always realize is sometimes you need to oven heat the whole piece (after thoroughly cleaning it) and then weld it. Welding a cast/poured piece is actually an FAA approved/airworthy repair for some aircraft engine repairs. I had a friend who welded full time and I actually saw him tig two 12 oz. cans together - bottom to side in a "T" shape. They were both watertight. He told me he could do this after a few beers at a weekend cookout. Of course I didn't believe it so I had to meet him after work. He then tried to weld two unopened cans. That did NOT work too well. He tried to weld a Pepsi to a Coke but the liquid inside was too much of a heat sink.

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1987 300D (230,000 mi on a #14 head-watching the temp gauge and keeping the ghost in the machine)
Raleigh NC - Home of deep fried sushi!