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02-01-2011, 10:44 AM
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Save my 81 300SD - for sale
My transmission took out last night and I had the car towed to LaGrange, GA. It has been such a good car for me that I wonder if someone would like to buy it and put in another transmission. Engine really runs great, AC works, and overall it is in really good shape.
About 258K miles. It is my daily driver and I am the first owner with records back to 1984. $500 to cover these costs - to be picked up at the towing company. Hate to see it go to the junkyard. Pic attached. Just realized it would be a great parts car too. Well, I cannot figure out how to show the picture again. It keeps telling me that I have already posted this picture in a thread "I Looked At An 81 SD" and it will not let me post it here. If you are interested to see what good shape the car is in, please look at my post in the thread "I Looked At An 81 SD." Or can someone help me figure out how to show it here again. Finally figured it out. Picture should be attached now. Last edited by tyl604; 02-01-2011 at 06:36 PM. 
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02-01-2011, 06:36 PM
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Finally added the picture.
http://s303.photobucket.com/albums/nn151/adraintaylor/1981%20300SD%20Mercedes/ Last edited by tyl604; 02-01-2011 at 06:55 PM.
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02-02-2011, 10:08 AM
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Sorry to hear of your troubles - if I lived closer I'd have picked it up by now!
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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!
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02-02-2011, 02:39 PM
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Should not be too difficult to slide in another transmission. However the tow company quoted me $1300 for an installed used tranny. Sounds a bit much to me.
But that's all the car needs. And I have used it as a daily driver since 1984.
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02-02-2011, 02:52 PM
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what are the symptoms? are you sure its not something simple like the B2 piston?
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02-02-2011, 02:52 PM
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If I weren't in south Texas I would've picked the car up an hour after you posted!
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02-02-2011, 03:48 PM
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Quote:
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Strelnik Invest in America: Buy a Congressman! 1950 170SD 1951 Citroen 11BN 1953 Citroen 11BNF limo 1953 220a project 1959 180D 1960 190D 1960 Borgward Isabella TS 2dr 1983 240D daily driver 1983 380SL 1990 350SDL daily driver alt 3 x Citroen DS21M, down from 5 3 x Citroen 2CV, down from 6
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02-02-2011, 04:42 PM
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It is at the tow company lot in LaGrange, GA, about an hour south of Atlanta.
I ran it out of fluid. The tow company guy put in 5.5 quarts of tranny fluid and drove it around the block. Said it would not shift out of low and sounded really bad. Said it needed to be replaced.
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02-02-2011, 05:21 PM
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Quote:
www.benzworld.org/forums Edit: how did you run it out of fluid? was it leaking, or did a hose blow?
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02-02-2011, 06:02 PM
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Yes. Take it to Jono
http://www.blueridgemb.com/ He is top notch. See what he has to say about it. It could be just the B2 piston. When it went in my SD it refused to shift out of low gears as well. IIRC reverse worked perfectly fine though. I THINK. New b2 piston fixed it 100%. Im not sure of the fluid loss. It could be a simple B2 piston or a burn out front pump due to lack of fluid. Either way worth having someone with more Mercedes specific experience take a look at. Mercedes transmissions get mis-diagnosed quite often. $1300 does seem a bit high. I paid $1300 to have the engine and transmission removed from my 190E, a 3.0L m103 installed and mated to the transmission. Included price of a used motor shipped to the shop as well.
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Cruise Control not working? Send me PM or email (jamesdean59@gmail.com). I might be able to help out. Check here for compatibility, diagnostics, and availability! (4/11/2020: Hi Everyone! I am still taking orders and replying to emails/PMs/etc, I appreciate your patience in these crazy times. Stay safe and healthy!) 82 300SD 145k 89 420SEL 210k 89 560SEL 118k 90 300SE 262k RIP 5/25/2010 90 560SEL 154k 91 300D 2.5 Turbo. 241k 93 190E 3.0 235k 93 300E 195k
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02-02-2011, 07:24 PM
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Why are all the nice cars so far away? Would make a nice rust free replacement.
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02-02-2011, 07:31 PM
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pm
pm sent
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02-02-2011, 07:44 PM
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Guys - Jonathan Hodgman of Blue Ridge MB has agreed to buy the car and put it back on the road if I do not get the tranny fixed. I am trying to decide whether to go with a used tranny.
In any event we seem to have saved it from the crusher and that was my biggest concern. Thanks for all the help and comments out there. Great forum again.
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