Kevin, I take my 82D and 85TD daily drivers to my mechanic for a transmission tune up. Both cars are well over 250K miles each. I know they shift by vacuum. I am sure that the shifting problems will come back to the missing vacuum lines. My greascar mechanic though he was doing me a favor and disconnected my vacuum lines. He couldn't see any difference. Will never go back to him!
I would recommend that you take the better (little rust) car to a good Benz (not a general auto) mechanic and they you will know what you have to do to have a good daily driver. Also, the vacuum lines will have other issues such as auto locks for the doors and maybe some under dash issues.
Mercedessource on youtube address trans vacuum shifting in one of his video's.
Boyd
From: Kevin Kraly <kraly@comcast.net>
To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, June 4, 2012 10:41 PM
Subject: [diesel_mercedes] 1982 300SD Question
To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, June 4, 2012 10:41 PM
Subject: [diesel_mercedes] 1982 300SD Question
I sold the rusty, trusty, high mileage 240D for $1K, so now it's onto the next Mercedes Diesel. I found a couple for around $1K. The first one is a 1981 300D with the ACCII setup (no servo), and a 1982 300SD, both near 300Kmi. The 300SD is supposedly a good runner with good body and interior as is the 300D. It does have a couple issues. First, the tranny flairs a bit between 2nd and 3rd for a few miles of driving while it's warming up, but it's normal when warm. Also, the vacuum lines/switches on the valve cover are missing. The seller said that he took it to a shop who told him that the missing vacuum lines were the reason for the flairing, but I would think that it would shift HARD if this was the case. Should I look into it, walk away or RUN?
Kevin in Hillsboro, Oregon, Kein MB Diesel for now
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