Finally had time to change filter and fluid in my '87 300TD. It started shifting funny a few weeks ago, I adjusted the Bowden cable which cured a lot of that but the shifts were still a little uncertain at WOT. So, got the kit from Rusty/Gary and 7 qts M1 ATF at AutoZone and did the deed yesterday.
In the bottom of the pan was a very small amount of black sediment, had to look closely to see it, evenly distributed all over the pan. I changed the ATF 20k miles ago, put in M1 ATF then, and transmission behavior gradually improved over the first 10k miles. Is this sediment a sign of pending death, normal, or the result of the M1 cleaning action? Shifting is back to normal now. The 1-2 shift at WOT is the only fault, it always happens early at 3500 RPM. Shifts are a little soft by MB standards, I may try to firm them up. Very respectfully, /s/ LCDR Max Dillon '87 300TD 315k miles Charleston SC -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20091013/7c932e7e/attachment.html> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
