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10-08-2015, 11:46 PM
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1983 300SD tranny replacement diary
I might as well keep notes online
 Day 1 Disconnect battery Release tranny dipstick from intake manifold, have to loosen adjacent banjo bolt for access Release pressure control/Bowden cable Drop exhaust = remove nuts at turbo (easy), remove nuts at bell housing bracket (easy), remove rubber hangers, pull exhaust, severs at flex joint (sigh) Day 2 Remove crossmember between guide rod mounts Drain tranny pan and torque converter = 5 quarts (uh oh, but car rolls with tranny in P so it has to come off) Detach tranny cooler lines at tranny and cooler line brackets closes to bell housing Remove flex plate bolts Remove prop shaft heat shield Stare at front flex disk, call it a day Sixto 83 300SD 
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#2
10-09-2015, 07:37 AM
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Are you planning on dropping the tranny by itself or pulling the engine and tranny as one?
Curious: what is the reason for removing the tranny?
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1991 F250 super-cab 7.3 IDI. (rebuilt by me) Banks Sidewinder turbo, hydroboost brakes, new IP and injectors. 2003 S430 - 107K 1983 300SD - Tanoshii - mostly restored ~400K+. 1983 300SD - Good interior. Engine finally tamed ~250K. Monark Nozzle Install Video - http://tinyurl.com/ptd2tge
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10-09-2015, 01:19 PM
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Don't forget the kickdown wire, the vacuum connections and the speedo...
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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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#4
10-09-2015, 09:58 PM
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Quote:
The why not - if I remove the 617, a 602 or 603 is going in Sixto 83 300SD
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10-10-2015, 01:28 PM
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Day 3
Remove prop shaft duly marking flange halves Remove shift linkage lever Remove lower half bell housing bolts Pause to ask Otto Huber a few questions Remove dipstick and tube Detach modulator vacuum line Detach speedo cable Detach kickdown signal wire Push torque converter aft towards tranny Support tranny on floor jack (hey, it's all I have) Remove upper half bell housing and starter bolts Detach rear crossmember Wiggle tranny clear of engine Lower tranny Remember that NSS connector has a bayonet clip; release Remove tranny I hope I remember this thread if an when it goes back together Sixto 83 300SD Last edited by sixto; 10-10-2015 at 06:01 PM.
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