Original problem was a jammed kick-down cable. The indy buddy who did the engine transplant knew the cable was worn since he had trouble to hook it up at the tranny. Since the transplant 8 months ago the tranny worked super. Smooth shifts with the shift points controlable. Yes, they made it actually better than when I took it there (or worse by bodging the [?] rebuild). When the cable jammed there was no upshift at all. Now its shifting 1 - 2 - 3 - and no 4th.
The indy I am going to is C & J Mercedes Services on Jenetta near Westpark. My Ex took the E300D there and they treated her good and fair. Rich, do you know that shop? On 2/6/08, Rich Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I forget -- what was the original symptom? > > On indies -- my buddy took his SL to the "best" shop in Houston > (coughHans'scough) to replace the tranny with one he got from Rusty. > Immediately had problems with the new one, took it back, they said it > was bad and would need to be replaced again (they would charge him > whatever the price was, a lot, again too). So anyway he took it some > old guy at a tranny shop who worked on it, knew Benz trannies, who > discovered they had bodged the install (I forget the details) and it > cost him another $400 to set it right but now the thing works great. If > you want I can find out who the old guy was. My buddy is a lawyer and > was going to make some misery for the shop [coughHanscough] but decided > it wasn't worth the bother. > > --R > > Hans Neureiter wrote: > > There are more lies in this story than Munchausen. > > Fist it needed a Kick-down cable. Than a rebuild. Than the car was > ready, > > but at the last minute the cable was the wrong size. Tells me the guy > never > > installed a new cable but misteriously diagnosed the trannt trashed. > (???) > > Than they had to "FINE TUNE" the valve body.(What's that ?) > > Than they had to get a new valve body. (???) > > Than there was something wrong with the "CORE" and they had to get a new > > one. (???) > > Lastly they can't get the thing to shift into 4th gear and gave up. > > Why does it not shift into 4th? > > I am taking it to an independent Mercedes shop and find out. > > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -- Hans Neureiter, Houston, TX '82 300SD, '95 E300D _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
