Re: [MBZ] Lucas Transmission Fix

2015-03-15 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
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 < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Mitch, > We may have different problems, yet looking for positive results. > The used tranny my Indie installed "supposedly" only

Re: [MBZ] Lucas Transmission Fix

2015-03-14 Thread rogerhga--- via Mercedes
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 causin

Re: [MBZ] Lucas Transmission Fix

2015-03-14 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
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 over

[MBZ] Lucas Transmission Fix

2015-03-14 Thread rogerhga--- via Mercedes
Mitch,    My 1980 300SD with the used tranny installed a year ago slips between 2/3 and 3/4 under medium load.  I just had it serviced and had a bottle of Lucas added.  Lucas claims to fix slipping, hard shifts, etc. etc.  There was no immediate improvement as some claim on Youtube.  I'll r

[MBZ] Lucas Transmission Fix

2015-03-14 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Is Lucas Transmission Fix the stuff Curt recommends? It feels strange squeezing (you can't pour it) something into an auto trans that looks like STP with red dye and smells like 140w gear oil. Aren't there things inside transmissions that don't react well to sulphur? Anyway, put about 10oz of