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What would I do? Drop the transmission and figure out what was wrong with the car, then continue to drive it for another 10 years without incident (fingers crossed). This is really an easy job on one of the easiest cars ever built to work on. If you can't do this yourself, you're not cut out for 240D stick ownership- find the car a new owner. Sorry for the "toughlove" response, but $1K+ to do this is really silly.
Rick
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Since you mentioned rust free body, I think the car does deserve some attention. You said you replaced the clutch slave and master cylinder. Were they leaking before? Other problems? I am trying to understand if the tranny/clutch is/was bad or if the hydralic system was bad. You said you bleed the system several times. I did too and still had problems. I knew my transmission worked before I replaced the parts though.
The master clutch cylinder I have came with two different length push rods. I had in the longer of the two. I spent probabl 6 months trying to figure this out. I finally, pulled the slave cylinder off and bleed the system by pushing in that rod and opening the nipple on the slave cylinder. I did this serveral times and still had problems. I took out the Master cylinder rod. Then I tried to put it back in. There was at least a 1/4 inch hole to hole misalignment. I had the old rod from the replaced MC. I cut it down and the clutch still would engage, but I had pressure. For some reason, I forced the shifter into gear, and it popped. Then everything was fine. I found the other shorter rod later, but haven't installed it yet. Tom |
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If you get a screech when you touch the clutch pedal, STAY OFF OF IT! The throwout bearing will tear up the pressure plate when it fails, maybe pull a finger out. If you have a pressure plate that doesn't slip and is within wear/condition limits, I don't see a reason to throw an unnecesary $250 in there. If the plate is still flat and not grooved, many would dress it w/ sandpaper or carborundum cloth and call it a day.
Replace the rubber donuts between the driveshaft segments if they appear worn. $30 or $40 a piece, but cheaper than the damage a flailing driveshaft causes.
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Hmmm.....
there are folks around here that would use that manual transmission in their 300D's....so it should be fairly easy to sell that car for at least enough to recoup your investment....
SB
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Apologies to chetwesley - didn't mean to highjack the thread. I will start my own once I begin work on the clutch system. Thanks for the advice guys, I will be back for more. Oh, and to answer the orginal question . . . I agree with others that I wouldn't throw down the money to pay someone to do this. Therefore, it is up to you. If you can't find a weekend to make this happen, then just unload it to someone who will fix it up. A good compromise that has been mentioned would be to find a shadetree mechanic to do the work at a much reduced cost.
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