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10-14-2011, 02:36 PM
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What does 'flaky' reverse mean?
especially on a hill....
1992 Mercedes 300TE Wagon sounds like a good deal. does the tranny issue sound serious? this morning the price was $2100, in the afternoon it is now $1500. what do yall think?
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10-14-2011, 02:39 PM
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I'm not a trans expert, just guessing. 
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10-14-2011, 02:51 PM
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Reverse band is worn out. The transmission is on its last legs or at least reverse. Amounts to the same since you have to tear it apart to repair reverse. There is a small amount of adjustment available but usually by the time it gets to the "shudder" stage it is too late.
Figure on $1500-$2500 depending on local labor costs.
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10-14-2011, 06:59 PM
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I have to do this to mine. I would NOT have paid what I did if I had caught this defect. Its is getting worse little by little. Going on a year now and still have it, but I am sure not for much longer. I *may* do a flush and rebuild the valve body as a quick test. I do not want to have to drop the trans
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10-16-2011, 10:07 AM
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I did my transmission initially for a leaking front seal but decided to check rest of transmission. With 90K miles the reverse plates were almost down to the metal ,surprisingly all the other discs were like new with the numbering still visible. Replaced only the reverse disks and the seals that came in the kit. Ad
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10-16-2011, 10:31 AM
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Its a $500 car. I had weak/failed reverse happen suddenly to my 300SD a few years ago. In my case....things disintegrated internally. Had to swap the whole trans. When I went up my driveway on its final move it took 2500rpm to get it up the driveway slowly in reverse.
 Picture of a piece of what I found in the PAN (along with LOTS of grey clutch powder and clumps): 
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10-16-2011, 08:46 PM
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10-17-2011, 02:32 AM
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