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08-21-2011, 10:58 PM
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First time under the car
So I got up early today and took my box of new parts out to the garage, transmission filter at the ready. It was my first time under a car in about 20 years and I'm a little sore.
So I dropped the pan, changed the filter and also changed my shifter bushings. Actually, change would imply that I removed the old ones but amazingly I found metal on metal on both sides of the linkage. All went pretty well and the car is still on the stands. I have the subframe bushings and sway bar bushings ready to go. I also want to see if I can get to the TC drain plug to drain that as well but I don't think I'll be pulling the exhaust cross pipe to get to it. The trans fluid actually looked good so I'm not too worried if I don't. Oh, and I broke a lug net yesterday so I have drilling that out to look forward to. This forum has definitely made the work easier. Many thanks to those who took the time to post. Matt.
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1984 380 SL (Helga) 
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08-22-2011, 02:23 PM
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Drain the torque converter. Make yourself a little directional funnel out of aliminum foil or something to direct the flow where you want it. It would be a shame to do all that work and have half the ATF still be dirty.
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Len '59 220S Cabriolet-SOLD and living happily in Malta '83 240D 351,500 miles original owner-SOLD '88 560SL 41,000 miles - totaled and parted out https://sites.google.com/site/mercedesstuff/home '99 E300 turbo 227,500 miles '03 SLK320 40,000 miles - gave to my daughter '14 Smart electric coupe 28,500 miles '14 Smart electric cabriolet 28,500 miles '15 Smart electric coupe 28,000 miles 
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