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Originally Posted by deanyel
Please people, stop giving forum advice you wouldn't take yourself. It's transmission fluid seepage on an old car. There's a 95+ percent chance that an $8 can of stop leak will stop the leak for years without harming the transmission in any way. Lucas Oil has an NFL football stadium named after them - somebody's buying the stuff and using it. A person would have to be nuts to pull a transmission on a 30 year old car to do a reseal. Pretend it's your money at stake.
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And just how do you know I wouldn't take this advice myself? There's a 95+ percent chance the front pump O-ring is rock hard based on what I have seen in all four Mercedes transmissions I have overhauled. That O-ring is way past the point of a seal conditioner being able to be of any help. My experience with the "quick fix in a can" stuff has been that at best it's a temporary "fix", and at worst you threw your money away for something that did nothing and end up having to do the repair work anyway. Having your name on an NFL staduim doesn't mean diddly squat except the company paid for the name rights. When my money is at stake I prefer to do the job right to start, and that means overhauling a 30 year old transmission to insure it's good for the next 30 years hopefully.
01-16-2011, 12:04 PM
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