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Originally Posted by sokoloff
Which car? If the 210 chassis, has he unplugged the big round connector on the transmission and checked for fluid in there? There shouldn't be any. Apparently it's a common problem. Happened to me and gave me a "Check Engine" light as well as strange transmission behaviors. Parts cost under ten bucks to fix it.
Len
'99 E300TD 74,000 miles
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That is called a Transmission Plug Connector and it is the life of your electronic transmission. It is a known problem to Mercedes Benz and it STILL occures even on the newer 210 models.. as new as 2000 and up. I replace probubly one or two a week. The o-rings on the apadter (not the plug) fail and cause a leak which also leaks into the plug... And as we know oil conducts electricity, so all connections in that plug kinda mesh together.
Your problem does not sound transmission related though...
Take the car back to your mechanic or at least somewhere with a lift and have a look at the flex disk's on eather side of the drive shaft. Flex disks are big rubber "disk's" which connect the trans to the drive shaft and the drive shaft to the rear differental. If you were talking about the 1997 210 body it is at prime age for those disk's to start dry rotting and falling apart.
Reply back with some car info. you did not say in your post so i dont want to go into to much detail.
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