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Rebuild a tranny in 10 easy steps...
1. Find a clean work area. A metal top bench that's about 8 foot long might do you.
2. Book several weekends, better yet, take a week off from work.
3. Read the manual cover to cover and write down the name and part number of every tool.
4. Buy or rent the tools. Some, like the 4 pin wrench on the tail shaft are completely benz-specific and cost about 50$.
5. Get recommendation from expert as to where to buy rebuild kit (and then buy it).
6. Pull motor from car.
7. Clean case (leave no dirt behind).
8. Take unit apart.
9. Put it backtogether again (using new parts). You can use vaseline (!) as an assembly lube.
10. Reinstall in car.
Note, steps 6-10 may have to be repeated a few times before you get it right. Also, Prior to final valve body assembly, the unit can be checked for basic operations with compressed air. It sure beats repeating steps 6, 7 & 10 a lot.
-CTH
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