SUggest you buy another used one from LKQ. They have a good warranty. On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 2:09 AM, rogerhga--- via Mercedes < [email protected]> wrote:
> Mitch, > We may have different problems, yet looking for positive results. > The used tranny my Indie installed "supposedly" only had 95K on it and my > Indie said it looked really good and clean, but... It was from a parts > yard in AZ so my Indie said some internals might have dried out causing my > problems. And my Indie won't overhaul a tranny only replace them. My > tranny shifts ok when first cold and it shifts ok if you let it take off at > soft pedal. But once warm or if you give it a hard pedal it wants to > slip/flare between 2-3 and 3-4 gears. Once in 4th, in runs great. If you > use the kickdown, it will slip/flare dropping back into 3rd. You can give > it hard pedal and let up slightly at about 30-35 mph and it will jump from > 2nd into 4th and continue fine. My Indie has checked everything, linkage, > vacuum, modulator, etc. with no success. > So, if the Lucas helps that would be great. If not, I'll just > adjust to how it shifts. I've got three other vehicles, so it's not a > daily driver. > Again, good luck to both of us. > Roger > > ----- Original Message ----- > > rogerhga--- via Mercedes wrote: > > My Indie thought I was crazy (maybe I am), but he didn't see how a > product could fix both hard shifting and slipping as they are at somewhat > opposite ends of the problem scale. > > I've actually got three things going on: > > 1. Won't downshift into first when in overdrive, and as it gets worse, > won't > always shift into first from reverse. Still works fine in drive, and in > overdrive as long as you shift back into drive while you're still going > over > 30mph. This is a sticking piston, I've heard it's plastic and gets bent > after > 150k or so. Mine started doing it at about 180k. > > 2. Hard shift into 2nd. I this is a worn clutch pack but I'm not sure. > Don't expect magic chemicals to fix it. > > 3. Doesn't always lock the converter at freeway speeds. This one throws a > code, > so the computer is trying to lock it but it just doesn't happen. > > 4. I just remembered one more. In real cold weather, there were a couple of > times it didn't want to go forward or backward for the first 30-60 seconds. > Makes me wonder how much of 1-3 is from a weak pump. > > I have a good used valve body, complete with pump and all solenoids > including > the TQ solenoid. I figure that when I have the time to put that in, > everything > but the slow hard shift into 2nd should go away. > > Now Curt has me thinking. The Lucas has a definite odor, but is it > ATF-like or > weakly like gear oil? It doesn't smell as strong as gear oil. I guess it's > been > a few years since I sniffed a fresh bottle of 85W-90 or dino ATF. It's way > thicker than pancake syrup, whatever is in it. > > Mitch. > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/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: https://server.secureplusplusfour.net:2083/cpsess595060604/3rdparty/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
