Spring is almost here and my 300ce has to come out of storage soon, but not before replacing the transmission. Those of you who know me, may remember that it wasn't the B2 Piston that was broken in my car (something internal).

There seems to be 3 options for this repair:

1.Replace with Mercedes oem rebuild through the dealer.
2.Have a quality rebuild through Mercedes specialist.
3.Buy a used transmission.

Option 1 is $2400 CDN dollars = $2000 USD
Option 2 is $1500 CDN dollars = $1200 USD
Option 3 I'm not interested at this point (although the MB dealer head mechanic recommended this to me)
*Prices are for the transmission alone and do not include tax or labour or gasket,atf,filter.

The place I'm interested regarding the aftermarket option is:

http://www.eurowa.com/

He has a solid reputation from what I hear. He also offers the same 2 year warranty as the Mercedes Dealer and is the closest to me.

2 other companies I found that interest me are:

http://www.jie.com/Mercedes/mercedes_benz_transmissions.htm
http://www.europeantransmissions.com/

Both seem to be very knowledgable and friendly. My problem is that they are too far away.

My questions for you gentlemen are as follows:

1. Does anyone have any experience with any of these 3 companies?
2. Has anyone had aa excellent rebuild with another shop?
3. Who feels that this should be dealer-only option?
4. Should the torque converter be rebuilt as well?

Here is the info on my transmission:
Transmission # 722.358 03174599
Part # 124 270 43 01

Thank You in Advance

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1989 300CE Astralsilber/Schwarz
1992 300CE Schwarz/Schwarz