Re: [MBZ] Transmission additive

2014-11-24 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
I have told this story before, but here goes. A friend had a Pontiac 6000 that had a slipping transmission. He poured in a pint of brake fluid and that essentially fixed it for about another 2 years. Dave drove that car hard and it was not worth putting a transmission in so he had nothing much

Re: [MBZ] Transmission additive

2014-11-22 Thread MG via Mercedes
Yeah I did that also with this same transmission about 3 years ago when I first took it out of an SD that had been sitting in a junkyard for about 4 years. It was slipping real bad in all the gears. After the Lucas and about 100 miles of driving it started to get better to the point where final

Re: [MBZ] Transmission additive

2014-11-22 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
stery goop gets the crud off and can restore operation. That said I still prefer a manual trans. -Curtwith only 1 of 3 vehicles possessing a manual trans. From: MG via Mercedes To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2014 1:07 PM Subject: [MBZ] Transmission additive

[MBZ] Transmission additive

2014-11-22 Thread MG via Mercedes
Went to Walmart yesterday to pick up some oil. Walking around I saw Zmax transmission treatment. Since my transmission has been reluctant to downshift into first when it is hot out, (not a problem right now any more), I got a little 6 Oz. bottle and put it in when I got to the parking lot. Figu