"I tried to buy a damaged ML six months ago to swap the body panels, but
they wanted way too much for it."
Yeah, like yours...
I have no particular interest in it other than it might be a source for
some bits of this and that, esp if the tranny is shot. I might keep in
touch with him, it is about an hour or more away, so no real interest to
drive up there. For $300 it could offer up some good parts I guess.
Strip it down, sell the hulk to the knacker. It's curious why the
interior is so beat at only 138kmi, maybe he or a PO had dogs or something.
A tranny at the knacker is $300 (or $350, I forget, doesn't matter) so
the vehicle is not worth much if you'd have to put that money and time
and effort into it, you'd still have a beater. I guess right now it is
just a yard ornament, his wife is probably riding him...
--FT
On 7/4/19 1:06 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
As Peter mentioned, if it was the torque converter it would make noise all of
the time, as the engine would be turning. Same if it was the flex plate. Both
are turning at engine speed any time the engine is running. Noises related to
being in gear or engaging the transmission would have to be in the planetaries
or clutches, as portions of these are not turning unless the transmission is
engaged.
-D
On Jul 4, 2019, at 1:00 PM, Craig via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
On Thu, 4 Jul 2019 12:16:14 -0400 Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/392907371328143/
Guy says: "It would make a clunk sound when he would shift into
reverse and then it finally went. I think it's linkage broken of into
the bell housing. It makes a big racket when you try to put it into
gear."
Sounds like a torque converter is somehow munched. Never seen inside
of one of these, is there anything else it could be? I'm not sure what
linkage would be in there, maybe some kind of sprags that let go?
It could also be the flex plate ...
Craig
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