Replacing the trans modulator was one of my very first endeavors in working on my old MB. As stated before, it's very tight in there. Although I think I did as well as I am capable, I stripped the head on one of the bolts and the project went from aggravating to totally frustrating. I was advised that lowering the transmission would not work (although later another member of this forum said it would). At any rate I eventually used a small hole saw and cut through the tunnel and had easy access. Did a good patch job after replacing the modulator and all is well. Since my car is more of a daily driver than a showcar, this seems to me a reasonalble fix.

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John Schroader
bio burnin' 83 300D, '83 300 SD, '79 240D
"I've never met a man who was good at making excuses who was good at anything else" Ben Franklin
"You cannot permanently help a man by doing for him what he could and should do for himself" Abraham Lincoln