and I hope to be adding to it. I have the old transmission out of my '81 240D that I pulled a few years ago. I am too curious. I MUST get inside and find out what went wrong with it. On a trip to town one day, it just up and stopped moving the car. I want to build a tear-down bench for it- stainless steel, slightly (very slightly) sloping, with a drain for fluids to go into a large bucket, and a screen for BB's, springs, screws......and lots of LIGHT!


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'81 240D For now, a good place to borrow new parts
'80 300TD Probably will be put back into service!
'79 240D BACK IN SERVICE SINCE 09/16; limited use, oil leak. Guide pin r/sealed/replaced. Still a leak. Front crank seal....

Sounds great - the more information posted on the forum the better our common knowledge becomes - my guess would be the splined shafts on the front planet assembly or a front pump issue. Either way strip it down! Good luck.

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!