Re: [MBZ] i actually talk car stuff! (shocking, i know)`

2008-07-08 Thread Gary Hurst
no, but it costs more when it leaks out. i've had the tranny pulled twice to fix the leaks and both times were failures at huge expense to me. no more tranny pulling for me. On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 7:12 PM, Peter Frederick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Fix the front seal, Mobil 1 will NOT make it

Re: [MBZ] i actually talk car stuff! (shocking, i know)`

2008-07-08 Thread Peter Frederick
Fix the front seal, Mobil 1 will NOT make it leak, wear does. Peter On Jul 7, 2008, at 10:25 PM, Gary Hurst wrote: > and when your front seal leaks? > > On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 11:01 PM, Craig McCluskey > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 09:45:06 -0400 "Gary Hurst" >> <[EMA

Re: [MBZ] i actually talk car stuff! (shocking, i know)`

2008-07-07 Thread Archer
> Craig McCluskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> All I know is that Marshall recommended Mobil 1 ATF ... > > Did he? I recall him being somewhat hesitant to fully endorse it, > since MB had not (maybe they now do?). Or maybe he just did not > endorse an extended change interval. I can't remember

Re: [MBZ] i actually talk car stuff! (shocking, i know)`

2008-07-07 Thread Steve MacSween
on 7/7/08 23:35, Allan Streib at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Craig McCluskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> All I know is that Marshall recommended Mobil 1 ATF ... > > Did he? I recall him being somewhat hesitant to fully endorse it, > since MB had not (maybe they now do?). Or maybe he jus

Re: [MBZ] i actually talk car stuff! (shocking, i know)`

2008-07-07 Thread Allan Streib
Craig McCluskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > All I know is that Marshall recommended Mobil 1 ATF ... Did he? I recall him being somewhat hesitant to fully endorse it, since MB had not (maybe they now do?). Or maybe he just did not endorse an extended change interval. I can't remember. Allan

Re: [MBZ] i actually talk car stuff! (shocking, i know)`

2008-07-07 Thread Gary Hurst
and when your front seal leaks? On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 11:01 PM, Craig McCluskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 09:45:06 -0400 "Gary Hurst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > yeah, dexron whatever they are up to that you can buy cheap by the case > > at the auto parts store. 3,

Re: [MBZ] i actually talk car stuff! (shocking, i know)`

2008-07-07 Thread Craig McCluskey
On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 09:45:06 -0400 "Gary Hurst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > yeah, dexron whatever they are up to that you can buy cheap by the case > at the auto parts store. 3, 4, i don't know. All I know is that Marshall recommended Mobil 1 ATF ... Craig

Re: [MBZ] i actually talk car stuff! (shocking, i know)`

2008-07-07 Thread Gary Hurst
yeah, dexron whatever they are up to that you can buy cheap by the case at the auto parts store. 3, 4, i don't know. On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 12:48 AM, Steve MacSween <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 7/6/08 23:04, Gary Hurst at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > most people use dexron type ATF in thei

Re: [MBZ] i actually talk car stuff! (shocking, i know)`

2008-07-06 Thread Steve MacSween
on 7/6/08 23:04, Gary Hurst at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > most people use dexron type ATF in their older mercedes, probably mostly > because that is the stuff you find everywhere that is known simply as > "automatic transmission fluid." i'm coming across the idea, however, that > type F is better

Re: [MBZ] i actually talk car stuff! (shocking, i know)`

2008-07-06 Thread Luther
My '82 300CD was purchased cheap because the "dealer" had condemned the transmission to a rebuild. When the transmission was partially warmed up (or hot) it would slip out of first and second gears when under anything more than half throttle. They had changed the fluid and added Lucas No-Slip, bu

[MBZ] i actually talk car stuff! (shocking, i know)`

2008-07-06 Thread Gary Hurst
most people use dexron type ATF in their older mercedes, probably mostly because that is the stuff you find everywhere that is known simply as "automatic transmission fluid." i'm coming across the idea, however, that type F is better stuff to use as it produces crisper shifts and therefore less fr