I watched a chap rebuild a 1976 Mercury transmission once. It took 2 hours from the time he jacked up the car until we drove out of the shop. He worked at the plant assembling Ford transmissions, so he knew what he was doing.
OTOH, I'm sure there are critical adjustments of which the DIY person will not be aware. The rebuild kits for most automatic transmissions are less than $200. YMMV, as this is from someone who is NOT an automatic transmission expert. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rich Thomas Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 8:24 AM To: Mercedes mailing list Subject: [MBZ] transmission rebuilding So how hard is it to rebuild these things? I am thinking that it would be easy to go gather a bunch up at various junkyards or Okie homesteads, ship a container load to China or India or Mexico or CA (nothing special about German rebuilders -- they probably use the immigrant Turks and Arabs there anyway, cheap labor) with the proper tools and bits, train some cheap labor there to rebuild them, then sell them for less than this. Or say a new rebuild is $2k, it takes an old one, couple hundred dollars in parts, and some tools, you are looking at maybe $1500 margin on that. That is $30/hr for 50 hrs, not a bad wage for working part-time in your garage, I can't imagine it even takes that long once you figure out how to do it. If you are paying a couple dollars an hour (if that much) plus shipping, etc. you could still come out way ahead. Seriously, what am I missing? --R Hans Neureiter wrote: >This is what Jaggi replied to my inquiry: > 1982 Mercedes 300SD, 722303 02 174697 Transmission. >~ 165 k miles. Transmission leaks @ front (pump seal ?). >Please quote estimated rebuilt cost. >Can you do R & R from/in vehicle ? > >Reply: >12-5-05 >The front pump seal 010 997 50 47 is $12.00. We do not R&R transmissions. >The cost on a rebuild is $1800.00 without converter. > >-- >Hans Neureiter, Houston, TX >'82 300SD, '95 E300D > >On 12/5/05, Marshall Booth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Hans Neureiter wrote: >> >> >>>I can get it done at >>>http://www.jie.com/Mercedes/mercedes_benz_transmissions.htm >>>They are in the Houston area. R & R at a local ind. MB shop for $ 2,800. >>> >>> >>They have a good reputation! >> >>Marshall >>-- >> Marshall Booth (who doesn't respond to unsigned questions) >> "der Dieseling Doktor" [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>'87 300TD 182Kmi, '84 190D 2.2 229Kmi, '85 190D 2.0 161Kmi, '87 190D 2.5 >>turbo 237kmi >> >>_______________________________________ >>For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >>For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net >> >> >> >_______________________________________ >For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > > > > _______________________________________ For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
