Nate,
I responded in your text, maybe it got cut.
Yes, there's a great MB tranny guy in OC, who's been the guy the MB shops send off their trannys to, and in the past has done some non-rebuild repairs/adjusts which got me another 50K. He's moving from his commercial space to his garage, semi-retire or something. http://www.transmeister.com/
I'll probably have my old broken one rebuilt, and drive the current one, until it's ready, and I'm ready to swap.
below is what I responded before.
Rob
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I thought my Tranny was gone 50k ago, and got the vacuum adjusted, and later was having problems, and had the valve springs replaced (shift kit) and that made it pretty nice until recently, well a year or so. Now mine's sometimes flaring at 2-3, as well as flipping back and forth from 2 to 3 at times, like heading up the hill on Saturday. That got me worried.
Amsoil tranny helped too.
YEARS ~ earlier this year I added some " Trans-X " snake oil on the advice of a DieselHead I more or less trust , it not only stopped the leaking but firmed up the shifts too .
Took a look, not on their list anymore. crushed...
Not long ago there was a cherry '85 300D in a Long Beach LKQ yard , the ATF smelled fresh , the whole car was stripped clean in a few days , I don't remember if they knew to take the tranny , as you said it's a one year only deal , a very good setup indeed .
Yes, besides the rear. one mech speedo, one elect.
Is it the same as the SD in '85 ? . I see those occasionally .
722.416 CA '85
I want to keep the beast, so I'll most likely just get the rebuild, and drive it for another decade.
Thanks
Rob
8.19
Hi Ron ;
All I see is " Hi Nate, " but no comment....
Do you have a good tranny guy there ? one who's going to change the drum seals ? .
My local guy Victor developed the kit now sold by a large company , one who never said 'thanx' .
He uses their products so they must be good .
Will you do a drive in / drive out deal or yank it and deliver it for Bench Overhaul ? .
I'm *so* pleased with the overhauled tranny Victor did in my '84 Sports Coupe , it's never dripped a single drop and doesn't use any fluid whatsoever .
-Nate
Rob wrote :
Hi Nate,
On 8/15/16 5:40 PM, vwnate1@... [diesel_mercedes] wrote:
I thought my Tranny was gone 50k ago, and got the vacuum adjusted, and later was having problems, and had the valve springs replaced (shift kit) and that made it pretty nice until recently, well a year or so. Now mine's sometimes flaring at 2-3, as well as flipping back and forth from 2 to 3 at times, like heading up the hill on Saturday. That got me worried.
Hi Rob ;
I'm spending to - day with my sweetie .
My '82 240D's tranny used to flare like mad , one day it decided no more 4th gear so I had to drive it quite some distance in third gear (40 MPH) to Victor whom I told to go ahead and rebuild it completely because it flared and leaked too , instead he adjusted something and it's been fine ever since .
Amsoil tranny helped too.
YEARS ~ earlier this year I added some " Trans-X " snake oil on the advice of a DieselHead I more or less trust , it not only stopped the leaking but firmed up the shifts too .
Took a look, not on their list anymore. crushed...
Not long ago there was a cherry '85 300D in a Long Beach LKQ yard , the ATF smelled fresh , the whole car was stripped clean in a few days , I don't remember if they knew to take the tranny , as you said it's a one year only deal , a very good setup indeed .
Yes, besides the rear. one mech speedo, one elect.
Is it the same as the SD in '85 ? . I see those occasionally .
722.416 CA '85
I want to keep the beast, so I'll most likely just get the rebuild, and drive it for another decade.
Thanks
Rob
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-Nate
Rob wrote :
I thought I might run into Nate last Saturday, as I drove through Malibu, and up in the hills. On the hills, my tranny didn't seem too happy, so I might check on a rebuild, from my guy in Orange, CA. This used tranny I put in 60k ago, has been adjusted and has new shift kit, which gave me a few more years/ 30k miles. The old tranny, which is still in the garage, lost 3rd and 4th; hopefully it's repairable, so I don't lose this daily driver with AC, or I'll wait until it cools off. Mostly, seems fine on the flat, so fine to drive locally. My '85 CA has a different Tranny than the rest.
I did see a couple gold 300ds, yet no Nate.
Rob
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