Ok, so we drained the tranny. It was an aluminum milkshake. No large pieces. but the filter was completely clogged and after we drained the pan and Torque converter and cleaned the pan, replaced the filter and refilled with Tranny fluid there was no significant shifting improvement.

Reverse slips, and it won't go from 3rd to fourth. 1st-3rd are fine.

Local Tranny shop will rebuild with 12mo warranty for 2k
Pick and Pull used tranny is <100$
Seal kit is 200-300$

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77' 300D, "Cartman" SOLD @ 150K (didn't know what I had)
83' 300SD, "The Superdon" 325k+ @ 28mpg
95 E320 wagon, "Millennium Falcon" 231k+ @ 24 Mpg
95 E300D, "Sherley" 308k @ 33.69 Mpg, currently anticipating a head
99 Suzuki Intruder "Trudy" @ 45 mpg

Black friction material would be somewhat normal, aluminum would be much worse I'd guess, ... it wasn't magnetic/ferrous? It's beyond a "seal kit".

What do you want to do with it? The used trans might be your best bet for the money, if it's really nice and you plan to keep it a long time though, the reman is approximately worth what the car will be worth when you're finished, unless it is cherry.

BTW, '94/'95 transmissions are difficult to find, the earlier ones easy to find. Interchangeable except minor differences including the 1st-gear start which is pretty much mandatory with your 2.65:1 diff.

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$1,200! Awesome. Sell it to me for $1500 before you put money in it lol.

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I stuck a magnet in the juice and I got some stuff on it. There was about and 8th of an inch of thick stuff at the bottom of the pan.

I have a bunch of pictures. I'll post them when my wife gets back with the camera.

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77' 300D, "Cartman" SOLD @ 150K (didn't know what I had)
83' 300SD, "The Superdon" 325k+ @ 28mpg
95 E320 wagon, "Millennium Falcon" 231k+ @ 24 Mpg
95 E300D, "Sherley" 308k @ 33.69 Mpg, currently anticipating a head
99 Suzuki Intruder "Trudy" @ 45 mpg

thats what I'm saying!!! So I completely rebuild the tranny for 2k. I'm for 3200$ Big deal.

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77' 300D, "Cartman" SOLD @ 150K (didn't know what I had)
83' 300SD, "The Superdon" 325k+ @ 28mpg
95 E320 wagon, "Millennium Falcon" 231k+ @ 24 Mpg
95 E300D, "Sherley" 308k @ 33.69 Mpg, currently anticipating a head
99 Suzuki Intruder "Trudy" @ 45 mpg

check out how the fan has cut into the coolant hose (doesn't have anything to do with the tranny but I thought it was funny)



check out this milkshake in the bottom of the pan

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77' 300D, "Cartman" SOLD @ 150K (didn't know what I had)
83' 300SD, "The Superdon" 325k+ @ 28mpg
95 E320 wagon, "Millennium Falcon" 231k+ @ 24 Mpg
95 E300D, "Sherley" 308k @ 33.69 Mpg, currently anticipating a head
99 Suzuki Intruder "Trudy" @ 45 mpg

hmmm pictures are gone, I posted them using links to my facebook page and it worked previously...weird.

Anyway....going to drain some fluid out today and replace with lucas anti slip. I also bought some TransX stop slip. Any opinions or experience with either?

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77' 300D, "Cartman" SOLD @ 150K (didn't know what I had)
83' 300SD, "The Superdon" 325k+ @ 28mpg
95 E320 wagon, "Millennium Falcon" 231k+ @ 24 Mpg
95 E300D, "Sherley" 308k @ 33.69 Mpg, currently anticipating a head
99 Suzuki Intruder "Trudy" @ 45 mpg

is there coolant in the trans oil?
For $1200, I'd like to have it,to park in my driveway.
Fan hitting radiator hose: check engine mounts to be sure engine is not moving around due to failed mounts.
Anything can be fixed. Appearance seems great. Good buy.

I just took the wagon out for a 20mile excursion/tranny test. We put two bottles of Lucas slip stop into a severely slipping/flaring tranny and now it seems to be running fine. some of the shifts are hard, but we were also playing with the modulator. I will need to drive it more to see if I can't pull some use out of it before the rebuild.

From what I could tell, there wasn't any coolant, just normal debris from clutches that have been working for 175k. So we flushed it twice and added trans x tuneup the first time and lucas the 2nd.

Oh....best part

Kent: "do you the wagon honey?"

Bonnie: "Oh yeah, this is so much better than your other mercedes, I think you should keep it"

Guess that decision has been made.

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77' 300D, "Cartman" SOLD @ 150K (didn't know what I had)
83' 300SD, "The Superdon" 325k+ @ 28mpg
95 E320 wagon, "Millennium Falcon" 231k+ @ 24 Mpg
95 E300D, "Sherley" 308k @ 33.69 Mpg, currently anticipating a head
99 Suzuki Intruder "Trudy" @ 45 mpg