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Car Forum / Mercedes-Benz Cars / October 20071986 300e
Suddenly my 300e won't go into Drive. It goes into the lower gears just fine. There is a little grit in the AT fluid. Been serviced regularly. The only thing I noticed before this was a slight hesitation when taking off from a stop. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. Does this mean by trans is bad? thanks Change your fluid and filter... Drain the torque converter and the pan... or drain and refill the pan 2 times before you change the filter. My car had slight problem in morning... seems like the clutchpack doesn't grab and stutters... When I changed the fluid and filter... it solved itself and runs good. > My car had slight problem in morning... seems like the clutchpack > doesn't grab and stutters... When I changed the fluid and filter... > it solved itself and runs good. The tranny in my '91 300D 2.5 was reluctant to upshift into top gear on cold mornings, so I took the car to my mechanic and asked him to flush the transmission. The guy, whom I normally consider very know- ledgeable, started giving me this song and dance about how W124 transmissions typically fail at 85,000 miles (What?!) and how mine, at 90K, was living on borrowed time, and so flushing it would be a waste of money and not worth the expense and this and that and these and those and yadda yadda yadda and...and... I was steadfast. When he ran down, I let a few seconds of silence pass to make sure I had his attention. Then I said with deadpan seriousness: "Patrick? Would you please flush my transmission for me?" ("Give me a ping, Vasili? One ping only, please!") "I can afford it. Really! I'm one of those Silicon Valley a.sholes with a platinum AMEX card and more money than sense, remember?" So he did. Problem solved. The sumbitch shifted gears like it was brand new. HAHAHAHAHAHA! It was the revenge of the know- ledgeable layman. (Then a year ago last month, a horny buck jumped in front of the car as I was accelerating onto the freeway during rutting season, and the car was totalled. Oh, well. Ya win some, ya lose some...) Geoff -- "If it rains after a liberal washes his car, they say it's a right-wing dirty trick." -- Ann Coulter On 17 Oct, 12:21, kbmkbm...@gmail.com wrote: > Suddenly my 300e won't go into Drive. It goes into the lower gears > just fine. There is a little grit in the AT fluid. Been serviced > regularly. The only thing I noticed before this was a slight > hesitation when taking off from a stop. Any help or suggestions would > be appreciated. Does this mean by trans is bad? thanks thanks I will follow your suggestions. Everyone tells me the transmission is bad. how do I tell? <kbmkbmkbm@gmail.com> wrote in message thanks I will follow your suggestions. Everyone tells me the transmission is bad. how do I tell? Maybe because it won't go into drive? Sounds like a good clue to me :) > <kbmkbm...@gmail.com> wrote in message > > thanks I will follow your suggestions. Everyone tells me the > transmission is bad. how do I tell? > > Maybe because it won't go into drive? Sounds like a good clue to me :) so if I look for a used transmission to have put in how do I know what kinds are c ompatible with mine. I have a 1986 300e vin wdbea30d3ga197725 4s auto trans thanks If you look on the passenger side of your transmission, just above the oil pan, you will find the trans serial number stamped into the flat area. Per your vin number, your trans serial number should be 722.320 02 760277 You need to find another trans with same six beginning numbers: 722.320 for a bolt-in swap. Should be 86 to 9/89 300E, 300CE, and 300TE. [sedan, coupe, wagon] > > <kbmkbm...@gmail.com> wrote in message > > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > wdbea30d3ga197725 4s auto trans > thanks > If you look on the passenger side of your transmission, just above the oil > pan, you will find the trans serial number stamped into the flat area. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > wdbea30d3ga197725 4s auto trans > > thanks hey thanks a ton On 17 Oct, 12:21, kbmkbm...@gmail.com wrote: > Suddenly my 300e won't go into Drive. It goes into the lower gears > just fine. There is a little grit in the AT fluid. Been serviced > regularly. The only thing I noticed before this was a slight > hesitation when taking off from a stop. Any help or suggestions would > be appreciated. Does this mean by trans is bad? thanks thanks. I wil try that. Everyone tells me the transmission is bad. what do you think? > On 17 Oct, 12:21, kbmkbm...@gmail.com wrote: >> Suddenly my 300e won't go into Drive. It goes into the lower gears [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > thanks. I wil try that. Everyone tells me the transmission is bad. > what do you think? I recall there was a problem with cheap (Fram, I think) filters coming apart. This caused all kinds of transmission woes. (Seem to remember reading it on the old mercedes mailing list). http://mail.mercedesmailinglist.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes Check the archives http://www.mercedes.cx/archives/ |
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