mpolli,

Mike, you could...maybe..I would have , except time constraints.
Before I could get to it, my conductor plate went south. When the conductor plate fails it will just go nuts, shifting up and down..finally stuck in second..limp home.

I was going out of town, took it to Snyder's in Spartanburg. They have a good shop, They confirmed the conductor plate and did a "service". This included the conductor plate, filter, and fluid...about $480.00. While it was open I asked them to order the spring (70 cents) and install it. This is not the spring mentioned by Gilly. It doesn't require removal of xmission. I think it is a solonoid spring..I'll send you a forward of a private message from Steve B....I probably need the Gilly fix also...when I need to drop the trans.

Shifting is way better...still an occasional bump 2-3 shift. For the price if you have a good independant I'd let them handle it. It's the most I have spent in 3 years and 70,000 miles..pretty good for a 97 E320 with 190,000 miles.

Jeff

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97 E320, ours 217,000miles
91 190E 2.6 daily driver 242,000miles
74 MGB,mine 120,000?
2006 BE350/Proline 21, 50 hours