Re: [diesel_mercedes] Routine Tranny Service

Nate,

This Tranny has had the vacuum valves adjusted, as well as a shift kit
installed, which helped quite a bit,
There were broken springs in there, and it was flaring like no tomorrow.
I thought it was toast.
The MB tranny guy, said my used tranny I bought is functioning yet quite
worn.
When I shift into reverse, it takes awhile before it engages.

The tranny doesn't flare too bad, yet it now shifts back and forth
between 'gears' when it should just shift up when driving off a light.
At full 'throttle' it shifts pretty good.

I should talk to the local guy in Orange, who does most of the MB tranny
work in OC, and see if it's another easy fix, or something worse.
I think it'll be OK for awhile, yet at some point, I'll need to get it
rebuilt.

Thanks for the advice.

Rob
Garden Grove, CA
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On 1/29/15 2:03 AM, diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com wrote:
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> 3a. Routine Tranny Service
> Posted by: vwnate1@yahoo.com vwnate1
> Date: Wed Jan 28, 2015 6:06 pm ((PST))
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> Rob ;
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> Much can be done with band and accumulator adjustments along with routine HOT ATF and tranny filter changes ~ SWMBO's '82 240D had a weak , flaring up shift slushbox when we bought it a Decade ago , eventually it refused to shift into fourth gear so I limped it to Victor and told him it needed rebuilding , instead he adjusted it and the goofy little vacuum valves on the throttle linkage and it's still going strong several years later.....
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> I really wanted him to rebuild it but he said it wasn't necessary just yet (? an Honest Mechanic ?)
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> He's in Pasadena if you need to have yours peaked and tweaked .
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> Far less than the usual $1,500 rebuild .
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> -Nate
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> My tranny went out a bit earlier 180k, so I replaced it with good used one which works yet needs a rebuild. I have a different tranny used only on 85 CA cars, now with 205k.
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