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Originally Posted by will70724
They didnt mention any additional work, and my first thought was damn I can get a chevy tranny rebuilt for damn near that. I called a local pep boys just to get some kind of idea how much a regular place/ non mb would charge and they said between 125-150. So who knows.
So I'm not sure what Im going to do, my biggest fear is that if I did the work I would mess something up or damage something. Thats why I love taking it to a place and watching them the first time so I know what steps to do.
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That's the thing, they are
NOT a Chevy Turbo hydramatic TH400 or something. You are talking about a Mercedes 600SEL. Different animal.
I last had my Automatic Transmission serviced in 2002 for the'91 560SEC back in 2002, they charged $141.00, that was Pete's Independent Mercedes in San Francisco on Pacific Avenue. That's reasonable, however, generally they ususally charge "Pacific Heights" (read: HIGH ) prices for their work)
It's been about 15,000 miles since then, much of it city running,so I probably should think about getting it done again next year...hmmm)
Since you're new with the car, I would be VERY careful about trying to do this yourself the first time. You have some mechanical ability, working on the Camaro and everything, but then this is the top of the line Mercedes, it was an over $100,000 car when new, so if you try it yourself without knowing too much about it, (Can you say right now what kind of ATF fluid to use, how many quarts to put in and what to adjust right now, and the gaskets have to line up perfectly?) you might make a terrible mistake, and mess it up or damage something, so if it were me, I would take it to a GOOD Mercedes shop, or a GOOD dealer, and see if they would let you watch the process, as you said. (Sometimes even a dealer or shop can mess it up- it happened to me once with a '79 Cadillac, the shop "serviced the transmission" and it grenaded 3 days later and the shop denied it was their fault, I got stuck for a whole rebuilt transmission). At least if you had it done at a Mercedes dealer, they would have to - I hope! stand behind their work. But stay away from the MB dealer in SF - they can't be trusted.
If the job got messed up you would need another transmission, and I would bet for a 600SEL it would cost a fortune. That you don't need.
(That's just my opinion and I am *no* expert, like some of the other guys around here)