I know you are right, I am having some thoughts about it though.

I will be literally doing this in a field with extension cord for power and no helper or anything......

I think I will clean up the leak that is apparent and maybe top off the transmission with a gear oil and see if/how much leaks out. If the neighbors house sells then a bunch of room will clear up in the shed on my property and I may be able to set up a better work station to do this job. Until then, I have all the info I need (now) to do my research and start gathering parts.

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1983 240d 5Sp SOLD
1986 300D(LUCO) SOLD
1983 300TD(dreamboat)SOLD
1984 240d (Executive)SOLD
1984 240d (Euripides) SOLD
1982 300sd SOLD
1982 300sd (Ambas)SOLD

rjz:

If you find that the box does in fact contain gear oil, that may be an indication of other leaks, or, it was filled with gear oil in error.
The proper lube for those boxes is ATF.

I have heard that before, IS it just the dex/Merc III that goes into the autos? Ill search a bit but wouldn't be a bad idea to swap it over to the correct stuff.

I really need to clean and diagnose the trans before I get to far along I guess.

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1983 240d 5Sp SOLD
1986 300D(LUCO) SOLD
1983 300TD(dreamboat)SOLD
1984 240d (Executive)SOLD
1984 240d (Euripides) SOLD
1982 300sd SOLD
1982 300sd (Ambas)SOLD

rjz:

The original spec was for DexII, now covered by DexMerc. If you can find some Type F, it makes the synchros work even better.