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Today I was about to drop $2,000 on a rebuilt transmission
For those who know me by my previous potion for those who don't I was having transmission problems on my 1984 Mercedes 300 turbo diesel. Upon accelerating you would slip in Gears like a rodeo it was to the point where the car was jerking. I honestly was stumped on what was causing it I had the transmission serviced I change the gasket the fluid even both the filters. So today after work I decided to look at the fluid I remembered I read a post on benzworld that the best way to check the fluid was on a flat even surface and the car in neutral, so I did all that clean the dipstick and check the fluid. Lo and behold will fluid was low and I mean really low. So I put some more fluid in the transmission and the difference is night and day when it comes to shifting. I can actually feel the turbo in action the RPMs do not sky rocket anymore.
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Must check fluid level warm and level. Approximately 10 mm below line when cold but recheck when warm.
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Makes me wonder how many times a "broken" transmission ends up being exchanged for one that is just as good.
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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver 1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone 1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy! 1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits! |
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It’s a conspiracy that there isn’t a low fluid warning, even just for first thing before starting.
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Wasn't low fluid in my case, it was pieces of 2nd gear band in the pan and filter. If you do have to get a trans, get it from Marc at Sun Valley. Super good guy and my trans has been flawless for almost 20,000mi now.
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I've had a 722.3 blow too, in my case it was reverse in a 300SD with about 280k on it. Found pieces of the clutch/metal bands in the pan when I did inspection after swapping it. Swapped in a used '85 300SD trans and it was good to go for another 45k+ and sold it running driving at 322k
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