You might want to check the vacuum line that 'Ts' off of the main vacuum line. I purchased an '82 300SD with a supposed bad transmission. Through research here on the forum and through a co-worker that owns a couble diesel Benz's, I was able to unclog the orifice in the vacuum line running down to the transmission. The car now has 171,000 miles on the same transmission that the previous owner was lead to believe to be bad.

You may want to try to do some searches about this.

Hope this helps.

Rob

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