Reverse engagement - 1984 500 SEL
 

Hello Friends,

I´m truly happy there is a list like this one because otherwise there would be a lot of great old cars going to the dump because enthustiastiv owners and DIY:ers that wouldn´t be able to keep their cars.

I have a slow engagement and a abrupt disengagement of the reverse. From searching the archives I understand that this would be the symptoms when there is a leakage from the reverse clutches.

The PO informed me that there was a trans leakage from the input shaft and provided me with the correct seal to replace it.

I guess this is the one and same seal.

I´m fairly experienced with transmissions being a transmission design engineer at Saab so I think I could manage the job fairly well.

Do I understand the reference in the archives correctly correctly when I assume that the seal that I should replace is the one just behind the torque converter (i.e this would be a matter of dropping the tranny, take away the torque converter and swapping the lip seal)?

Is there anyone that has a picture of the seal location?

Any hints or comments would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks again,

Mikael Westerberg
1984 500 SEL
Vanersborg, Sweden

Hello again,

Is there anyone that has a clue regrding this problem of mine?

Best regards,

Mikael

Obviously a mystery.

No mystery,

The front torque converter seal is not the same seal used in the B3 piston (reverse). Low transmission fluid level caused by any leak will cause a transmission problem. When you are having a transmission relayed problem check your fluid level first.





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