Folks,

Surprised my daughter with her 300D yesterday, and boy was she ever surprised.

Now that the car is no longer hid, I need to change transmission fluid and filter among other preventive maintenance things. The manual only indicates ATF. Will Mercon be okay? Reccomendations?

This is one of the many things I like about my manual transmission cars, less preventive maintenance.

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Larry Bible
'84 Euro 240D, 516K miles
'88 300E 5 Speed
'81 300D Daughter's Car
Over 800,000 miles in
Mercedes automobiles

Larry,

I recommend Castrol Dexron III/Mercon. Really, any brand is fine, but I'm just partial to Castrol products. Good luck!

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Rgds,
Aaron Greenberg
MB technician
Precision Motorcars, Cincinnati, Ohio
'67 250SE Cabriolet
'77 450SL
'80 300SD
'85 380SE
'89 420SEL
'93 300E 2.8
'74 Jensen Interceptor Mk.III
'81 DeLorean DMC12
'85 BMW 745i Turbo

I believe Dexron II or III is what is called for, but not type F.

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Dave.
82 300SD

A.T.F.
 

DEXRON 3 IS NOW THE REPLACEMENT A.T.F.

I have used the Castrol Dextron-III ATF for many years and it is good stuff.

Just recently I had a slight "bitter-cold" shifting flair between 3rd and 4th gear, so I did a filter and fluid change (on the 1982 300D). This time I went with the Quaker State 4x4 Synthetic Blend ATF to see if it did better in the cold weather. It did.

So I'll probably continue using Castrol in everything but the 1982 300D, which will get some kind of synthetic.

It's almost like asking what motor oil to use - you're going to get a lot of suggestions because there are so many brands that are probably essentially the same in quality.

Ken300D