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Loren Faeth wrote:
I am contemplating trying an AT job. A friend of mine in HI has done his,
and recommended this place.
http://www.bulkpart.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=2&Category_Code=Mercedes
He recommends buying the book first for $16. Read it and then plan your
diagnosis and attack. It takes special tools. The books are listed in
the transmission type. For 722.3 transmissions, go to the 722.3 and 722.4
section and you will see the "Technical manual" listing.
Loren
At 09:34 PM 1/11/2006, you wrote:
yes, you want to do the k1 deal, There used to be a writeup before
mbz.org crashed but not sure if its still around.
Tim C wrote:
Hello M-B folks,
My name is Tim Clark and I have recently acquired an 83 300SD. I have a
question on it and a fellow Rennlister (a glance at my email will reveal my
other automotive "prior commitment" - all 10 of my allotted email addresses
are in use for the time being, so this will have to suffice) referred me
here, which is excellent as I found the Benzworld forums to be not quite as
useful as I had hoped. Mr. Dave Gilmore (said R'lister) already replied
with one take on my question, but I'd now like to cut/paste said question
here and see what additional insights are generated.
Original question, slightly edited for this presentation:
I recently purchased an 83 300SD, approx 260k miles. Transmission slips on
2-3 shift - but all other shifts are solid and positive, both up and down -
and the 3-2 (edit - corrected from "4-3" which isn't the shift in question,
oops) downshift is also solid. My question is, if only the one shift is
bad,
is this likely to be an adjustment issue? I would expect if clutch pack
wear was involved, other shifts would be off too - in other words, how
likely is it that one clutch pack is toast while the others are totally
fine
(my impression is there are separate clutch packs for each gear - this
is my
first auto-trans car in quite awhile so please forgive ignorance
there)? The
car came with sporadic records (well-documented for a few years at a time,
then nothing for a while), so I'm not sure if anything has been done to the
tranny - another question is, how long should these go before some service
is required - how likely is it that the tranny may have already received
attention at some point? Finally, if anyone can shed light on how auto
transmissions work/what can be adjusted (pre-electronic trannies that is),
I'd appreciate it much.
Here's Dave's reply to avoid duplication of info:
"Mine does this too when cold. I have read a K-1 spring kit solves the
problem and it can be installed while the trans is in the car. Rusty at
www.buymbparts.com/ or 800-741-5252 likely can provide it. When I first
got my car I changed to Mobile 1 ATF and that almost cured it. I plan to
try the K-1 deal next. Mine has 75,000 on it.
I have read the transmission in these cars usually last about 200,000
miles
before a rebuild, although some people get more. The adjustment procedure
is complicated because of the vacuum interaction. I suggest a fluid &
filter change along with careful adjustment to the MB specs before doing
anything radical. The adjustment does alter the firmness of all the
shifts. That is why I am suspecting the K-1 in our cases."
Oh, and I checked the records I have - the tranny fluid was changed
about 7k
miles ago, but no filter - I assume this is just like changing the oil
without changing the filter - basically pointless? So might be a good
place
to start....
Thanks in advance,
Tim
88 944 (reasonably good shape, needs a few things)
83 300SD (needs paint on roof, missing a/c, pretty much everything works,
runs strongly)
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