If I look under the passenger front side of the tranny on a 79 300D, will it be obvious where the reverse band bolt is?

Anyone have pics? I couldn't find one in a search.

Is it something that you just adjust from the outside, or is it something you have to pull out to adjust? I can't quite picture what is going on there...

going to look at a 300D with no reverse tomorrow.

thanks.

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Lower front pass side corner on the side of the housing. Something like a 17mm lock nut and the set screw is a 15mm?
I once bought a w115 240D w/ a "bad" transmission. All it needed was the screw turned in a few turns.

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Over 21 years I owned several:
w108
w110
w111
w115
w116
w123
w124
w126
w212

there are some pix of it here:

722.120 Trans Losing Reverse

but do a search on "reverse band adjustment" and you may find some others.

Rick

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80 300SD (129k mi) 82 240D stick (193k mi)77 240D auto - stick to be (153k mi) 85 380SL (145k mi) 89 BMW 535i 82 Diesel Rabbit Pickup (374k mi) 91 Jetta IDI Diesel (155k mi) 81 VW Rabbit Convertible Diesel 70 Triumph Spitfire Mk III (63kmi)66 Triumph TR4a IRS (90k mi)67 Ford F-100 (??)

Thanks. Benzcrusher, was that something you were able to do by hand? Did you have to remove anything to get at it? I seem to read different things, some people explaining about shearing off a bolt and getting full of tranny fluid, some saying they just had to turn a screw.

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You probably didn't ask me , but on a 240D I bought I could just turn it in by hand (from the top) . On a 300D, its probably harder to get to- probably need to do it by feel.

I am beginning to think these never wear out- just loosen up.

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80 300SD (129k mi) 82 240D stick (193k mi)77 240D auto - stick to be (153k mi) 85 380SL (145k mi) 89 BMW 535i 82 Diesel Rabbit Pickup (374k mi) 91 Jetta IDI Diesel (155k mi) 81 VW Rabbit Convertible Diesel 70 Triumph Spitfire Mk III (63kmi)66 Triumph TR4a IRS (90k mi)67 Ford F-100 (??)

Doesn't matter who I asked, thanks, that helps.

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