Thanks. The first fix was minor, and the 2nd was what I thought was a rebuild. I contacted the shop, (local MB dealer) and they said they did a repair to cure a double engagement of the B2. Looking back, it would have been smarter to replace at that point since the repair was a little more than cost as the stated at the Adsitco site. Sun Valley wanted 2x the cost, unless I misread.

Is there any wisdom about going with factory build/rebuild vs one of these folks?

A 5 speed transmission sounded cool. I had one installed into former Datsun Z car and it was a notable improvement over the 4 speed it replaced, and got about 15% greater fuel mileage on the hiway as part of the deal.

Is possible to order a 4 speed transmission from one of these sources configured so that it will normally start in 1st or is that a separate task?

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...Tracy

'00 ML320 "Casper"
'92 400E "Stella"