My Superior Shift Kit thread (W124 300DT)

[tangofox007]

Originally Posted by CBase

Anyone have pics of the valve body out of the car? I am going to do this job this weekend and try to do the whole kit. And if you take out the valve body out of the car do you have to separate it and risk the steel ball falling out or can you leave it together. Are the halves held together by screws?

Thanks

Replacing the K1/K2/B1 accumulator control valve springs will require separating the valve body. (Steps 2 & 6 in the instructions.) Those valves are secured by retainers that can only be accessed from the top side of the lower valve body.

From what I have gathered from reading a variety of sources, the valve body halves are secured by two screws, apparently accessed from the upper side. The key to avoiding disaster, from all indications, is to remove the screws with the valve body right side up, then turn it upside down before separating, ensuring that the separator plate remains attached to upper half of the valve body, which is now on the bottom.