Wednesday I made an attempt at replacing the B2 piston in my 84 300TD. The end result is that the car acts the same as it did before the replacement. That being said, the old B2 was in pieces when I took it out...

I guess my question is How does the B2 piston work, Does it push against the b2 band to provide friction...? and when I took it apart there was spring pressure against the b2 cover, is there supposed to be a spring that pushes against that cover to keep the piston toward the inside of the transmission? Or does transmission fluid provide the force? One other question which I wondered about is this: some of the pictures I saw on installing the b2 use a special tool to push the piston/cover into place suggesting that it is a bit of a bugger to drive into place... mine slid right in with very little effort, could it be the wrong part?

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46 WDX Power Wagon

84 300TDT daily driver