hey guys,
I'm thinking of picking up a 1980 300td the car has just had a head job and now dies when put into gear its evident that the car either has a vac. problem or the torque converter is bad how hard is it to do the torque converter change? all info is helpfull..
Thanks
Mike

Brian will shortly close this thread... retitle it quickly to indicate what you need in the title.
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?t=127342

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Welcome to the forum Mike,
As John suggests, it is important that you have a title to your thread that describes your problem, if you can, make it say "help with stalling". This will insure that every one is happy & no one "gets their knickers in a knot".
I doubt that your problem is the converter. They normally fail in free wheel. If you have the car held above idle, say 1000 rpm, does it still stall?

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1980 300D now parts car 800k miles
1984 300D 500k miles
1987 250td 160k miles English import
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