Interesting turn tonight on both my cars. I talked to Don Plowman, the
previous owner of my 1987 300D. He replaced the engine and did the trap
oxydizer recall on the car. It was his wife's daily driver. He is the senior
mechanic for Hendricks Mercedes here in Charlotte. He has worked there for
32 years. We first talked about the turbo that blew on the '87, and then the
240D. After we got past the "how much do you want for the car", we discussed
the transmission issue. Tomorrow I am pulling the trans pump. It sound quite
simple and it would explain what happened. with the car. I will follow up
tomorrow. If I didn't get up at 4:10 every morning, I would be out there now
working on it. The turbo will have to wait for the weekend as he has me
looking for a relay issue.

Steve

On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 12:50 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin <[email protected]>wrote:

> if you shake it you will hear the insides moving around, but i dont think I
> would call it a rattle.
>
> Steve wrote:
>
>>  I drained the fluid myself. The torque converter has a lot of play in
>> it,
>> rattling when I shake it. I assume it should not be like this? I have no
>> experience with automatic transmissions so I don't know what to expect.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]
>> ]
>> On Behalf Of Mitch Haley
>> Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 7:16 PM
>> To: Mercedes Discussion List
>> Subject: Re: [MBZ] 240D Transmission issue
>>
>> Steve wrote:
>>
>>
>>> OK I got the torque converter off. Is the transmission like a manual that
>>>
>>>
>> if
>>
>>
>>> I turn one end, and it's in gear, the other end will turn? There is no
>>>
>>>
>> fluid
>>
>>
>>> left in the tranny and I turn the driveshaft end the other end does not
>>> move. Bad transmission or maybe not?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Did you drain the fluid, or did it empty itself somehow?
>> I take it there's no visible damage to the TQ?
>>
>> Mitch.
>>
>>
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