I mean, he bought a jalopy and is having problems with it. A $900 W123 is probably going to be a lot worse... -Curt
On Wednesday, March 31, 2021, 4:18:36 PM EDT, Allan Streib via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: Your posts are reinforcing more and more my feeling that I should stick with W123s. Allan Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes: > I took off the transmission connector plug today and cleaned it, it was oily > which made me think it was goobered up enough that the TCM was not talking to > the rest of the nannies. But alas it was not to be. Was still in limp mode > In a short drive after a good cleaning and clearing the codes. > > It is perplexing why it is an intermittent fault. There was also a code for a > solenoid related to the brake. The car is also throwing a code for the SBC > accumulator so I’m wondering if that might be making the TCM act up. I need > to call the stealer to see if that would be covered under the SBC warranty. > If so I can get that fixed by them, if not I’ll buy the $75 part and fix it > myself. > > I’m not wanting to tear into the trans yet although it’s not a big deal. Even > if I get it sorted I should change the fluid/filter anyway I suppose > > --FT > Sent from iPhone _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com