Re: [MBZ] Modulating 1990 MB 300E Transmission Problem etc.

2013-10-14 Thread Larry T
The AT I bought from Rusty approx 2.5 years ago (~30K Mi) started having problems with 1st gear engaging. Sun Valley (the rebuilder) said I may have a sticky valve and suggested a can of ATF Prolong. I added a can and after approx a month it started working again normally. I also adjusted

Re: [MBZ] Modulating 1990 MB 300E Transmission Problem etc.

2013-10-13 Thread Hendrik and Fay
The modulator is designed so that the shift time can be adjusted, if yours has not been messed with it should not need adjusting. Pretty sure if the modulator is broken it reverts to harsh, neck breaking shifts but it's been a while since I looked up info on the 722.3/4 boxes. From memory