Also, the Owners manual states, the car should not be put in neutral and
allowed to coast - they infer some kind of damage will occur. I;ll have to
re-read that section to get the exact wording but will putting the car in N
and coasting cause a problem? I believe the trans would still be turning -
along with the pump - correct?
Sincerely,
Larry T ('74 911, '67 MGB, 91 300D Turbo)
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Marshall Booth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 11:24 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] driveshaft removal for towing
Alex Chamberlain wrote:
On 3/31/06, archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I seem to remember a previous discussion where it was said that if there
was
a pump in the back of the transmission, the car could be towed without
disconnecting the driveshaft. Some versions of MB transmissions had
pumps
in the back as well as the front and some didn't if I recall correctly.
Gerry Archer
'83 240D and 300D
I can't resist the opportunity to quote the best automotive writer ever,
the
late, lamented (even if he did hate diesels) L.J.K. Setright---from his
book
"Mercedes-Benz SL and SLC":
"Always thorough, Daimler-Benz put a secondary oil pump in their
automatic
transmission so that the 450 could be towed, making it surely the first
car
designed to be reliable even in the broken-down state."
Mercedes cautions that the car should not be towed further than about 50
miles!
Marshall
--
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'87 300TD 182Kmi, '85 190D 2.0 161Kmi, '87 190D 2.5 turbo 237kmi, '84
190D 2.2 229Kmi (retired)
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