Thanks to everyone for the quick responses! Tomorrow I am going to see if it's worth trying to fix myself. I have limited time off in the next few weeks and really need this car back in action fast.
Otherwise there is a local transmission shop a mile away I used in the past. Armed with the information everyone provided maybe it will only cost a few hundred dollars. My son really loves the car......he is 26 years old and I bought the car two weeks before he was born. He loves the comments he gets from admiring Mercedes Benz enthusiasts so I would love to keep it running! Does that sound reasonable for a transmission shop to charge 2 to 3 hours labor plus parts? Bob BobMessage----- From: Mitch Haley <m...@voyager.net> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Sat, Aug 10, 2013 7:58 pm Subject: Re: [MBZ] Automatic Transmission issue 1983 300D 195K. Shifts in Reverse but issue with Forward. Help!!! Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: > It's broken no doubt about it. Not a big deal to replace, most shops will > just tell you the tranny is bad It's possible the B2 band broke or the B2 adjusting screw backed out, but in a 1983 I think a busted piston is far more likely. Mitch. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
