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Originally Posted by rs899
^^ Yes. double check ( even if mentally ) how much fluid you put in it. I stupidly changed the filter and TC fluid on the 380SL and forgot the owner's manual. I happened to have a W123 Haynes manual (we were fixing his 240D) and it read something like 5 quarts, but it didn't specify if that was with or w/o the TC. It wouldn't move until I kept dumping fluid in it. Finally I got home and read the manual and I was pissed at myself.
The other possibilities that come to mind are bad front pump or torque converter.
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I wonder if I could have my wife in the car with it in reverse, and me slowly pouring fluid into the dipstick hole, and see if there's some magic amount that will cause the car to move? I've verified via the dipstick that the level is where it's supposed to be, but I couldn't tell you how many quarts that is -- I just relied upon the dipstick to tell me where it should be.
Is it possible for the dipstick to read at maximum and the torque converter to still not be full of fluid?