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06-03-2009, 11:01 PM
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torque converter drain plug!!
Does anyone know how to drain the torque converter on a 1985 300SD. I have been banging my head looking in all the usual places and getting out from under the car, turning the motor, getting back under and looking. can't find the thing!
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1987 300D 180k 1985 300SD 330k Helga 1992 300D Lola 269k- Sold 1986 325 coupe Bessie >300k Original engine(ODO Broke) sold 2006 2500HD Druamax Linda- Tows boat and looks pretty in garage thats about it 
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06-03-2009, 11:03 PM
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turn the motor until the 5mm allen bolt is showing through the small opening in the bottom of the tranny.
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1985 300TD Turbo Euro-wagon 1979 280CE 225,200 miles 1985 300D Turbo 264,000 miles 1976 240D 190,000 miles 1979 300TD 220,000 GONE but not forgotten 1976 300D 195,300 miles 1983 300D Turbo 175,000 miles http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...e485-1-2-1.jpg
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06-03-2009, 11:04 PM
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06-03-2009, 11:05 PM
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yes by hand is the only way to get it lined up properly. Or use a flat head screwdriver to turn the TC until you see the plug.
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1985 300TD Turbo Euro-wagon 1979 280CE 225,200 miles 1985 300D Turbo 264,000 miles 1976 240D 190,000 miles 1979 300TD 220,000 GONE but not forgotten 1976 300D 195,300 miles 1983 300D Turbo 175,000 miles http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...e485-1-2-1.jpg
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06-03-2009, 11:23 PM
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ok did this cannot see a plug maybe i am looing in the wrong "window" i am looking through the hole just below the torque converter closest to the transmission. its about an inch by an inch square.
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1987 300D 180k 1985 300SD 330k Helga 1992 300D Lola 269k- Sold 1986 325 coupe Bessie >300k Original engine(ODO Broke) sold 2006 2500HD Druamax Linda- Tows boat and looks pretty in garage thats about it
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06-03-2009, 11:24 PM
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yep thats the correct hole.
There is a plug on it somewhere you'll just have to keep looking.
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1985 300TD Turbo Euro-wagon 1979 280CE 225,200 miles 1985 300D Turbo 264,000 miles 1976 240D 190,000 miles 1979 300TD 220,000 GONE but not forgotten 1976 300D 195,300 miles 1983 300D Turbo 175,000 miles http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...e485-1-2-1.jpg
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06-03-2009, 11:35 PM
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Found it ! i guess i just hadn't gone quite far enough even though it seemed like ages... this is really a two person job! How may qts of fluid does this thing hold?
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1987 300D 180k 1985 300SD 330k Helga 1992 300D Lola 269k- Sold 1986 325 coupe Bessie >300k Original engine(ODO Broke) sold 2006 2500HD Druamax Linda- Tows boat and looks pretty in garage thats about it
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06-04-2009, 12:02 AM
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06-04-2009, 12:12 AM
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06-04-2009, 01:00 AM
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YES! Don't try to add it all at once or most of it will end up on your floor. I learned the hard way... 
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1979 240D- 316K miles - VGT Turbo, Intercooler, Stick Shift, Many Other Mods - Daily Driver 1982 300SD - 232K miles - Wife's Daily Driver 1986 560SL - Wife's red speed machine
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06-04-2009, 05:48 AM
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I hate hunting for the drain. What I do is when I finally find the stupid thing, I take some yellow paint and mark the crankshaft pulley I put a dot at the timing mark. Then next time I just line up the dot and the mark and there is the plug!
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06-04-2009, 06:55 AM
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This the first car I have had that had a drain plug on the T/C. Thanks MB.
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06-04-2009, 09:17 AM
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I was alone when I first did this. I set up a little mirror angled just right so I could view the hole as I rotated it.
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81 300D Turbo 190K sold 83 300sd 319K best $500 I ever spent-daily driverw/ 2 tank WVO set up
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06-04-2009, 11:27 AM
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1987 300D 180k 1985 300SD 330k Helga 1992 300D Lola 269k- Sold 1986 325 coupe Bessie >300k Original engine(ODO Broke) sold 2006 2500HD Druamax Linda- Tows boat and looks pretty in garage thats about it
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06-04-2009, 11:28 AM
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I would hate to have any fluid end up on the floor as it is like $8 a quart for the synthetic
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1987 300D 180k 1985 300SD 330k Helga 1992 300D Lola 269k- Sold 1986 325 coupe Bessie >300k Original engine(ODO Broke) sold 2006 2500HD Druamax Linda- Tows boat and looks pretty in garage thats about it
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