Awesome! Congrats on making it sucessfully this far.

Couple questions:

1) How high did you jack up the car? Do you have it on jackstands, and where did you put the jackstands - on the subframe, on the body jacking pads, or ?

2) Did you use one of the rebuild manuals to do the rebuild, like the ATRA manual, or?

Thanks! Pete

Good job.
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I had it up the full jackstand length plus I had a 2x6 under the front ones, so I'd say a foot or slightly more. I put the jackstands on the rubber bumper right there by where the stock jack goes in. I did find a couple 722.3 rebuild manuals but they weren't specifically for my trans, but still close enough. Are you planning on doing this soon? To what car?

Right on, thanks for the answers. I am planning this job for sometime in the next six months. My car is a 1993 300E with the 2.8 M104 motor. My car has started the dreaded reverse-delay problem which means 'trans rebuild time' since I have 142 k miles on it. There is another thread on here where the guy used the ATRA manual to do his 722.3 trans rebuild, so that is why I asked about that one. The factory manual is supposedly only available on microfiche, I say supposedly - that is what I have heard. I have not checked into that in detail. Also supposedly the factory manual is the only place you can get the info on what the upgrades have been to the trans, but I have a hard time believing that as well.

I have never done a trans but I am not afraid to attack it. Given enough time and a good manual I can do it. I might biff it the first time but I'll damn sure get it the second time. Thanks!

[QUOTE=73Elsinore;2391846]Right on, thanks for the answers. I am planning this job for sometime in the next six months. My car is a 1993 300E with the 2.8 M104 motor. My car has started the dreaded reverse-delay problem which means 'trans rebuild time' since I have 142 k miles on it.


It's fairly straight forward. Let me know if you have any questions, because I sure did. Since you're working with the M104 motor it should be easier to remove the transmission. I bought an overhaul kit with clutches from wittrans.com for $225 or so. Also, the manual states that you need several special tools, but the only "special" tool I needed was a 12pt 30mm deep thin-walled socket, which is harder to find that you think... it's to take of the nut on the tail shaft. Um, just remember how you took everything out so you can put it back in.

Sweet. What manual did you use, and why did you use wittrans.com for the parts? Sorry for the 101 questions! Thanks!

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Congratulations!

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Hale yeah. Le' me at it. What could POSSIBLY go wrong?!?!?!?