[W126 Coupe] Re: Transmission Question

[Tracy Walkup]

the answer from the rebuilder....

perhaps the alignment of the trans to the engine was not correct.    this 
would cause a "misalignment between the torque converter and the pump drive" 
   This misalignment would wear the "gear" connection so that the pump would 
not be driven.

I did not have the torque converter out of the housing when i had the engine 
out of the car.  If the TC slipped forward during the reassemble it may have 
disengaged from the pump drive. the trans bolted nicely to the engine with 
not much effort to go over the pins.  the 4 small bolts connecting the 
flywheel to the TC went in with no wrench until the bolts seated and then 
tightened with a wrench.

No way to tell anymore until trans out of car.   I am doing that today.

Other options still include 1. a bad converter,  2. a bad pump

Thanks again for all the comments...



Tracy


>From: "Mike Ramay" <mramay at attglobal.net>
>Reply-To: Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
>To: "Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists" <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
>Subject: RE: [W126 Coupe] Re: Transmission Question
>Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 07:59:15 -0800
>
>Also, if the rebuilder didn't replace ALL the o-rings in there, a bad one
>can crack and cause the tranny to lose pressure at a critical point
>internally - you're not going anywhere. The o-rings that came out of my '87
>560SEL (225,000 mi) were brittle, with NO flexibility. I backed out of a
>parking place and when I went to Drive, that was it. Immediately it had no
>drive to the wheels at all. I even got under the car to see if the drive
>shaft was turning to verify that the differential was intact.
>
>I'd make sure your rebuilder completely disassembled the tranny and 
>replaced
>ALL the soft parts in there.
>
>Mike R.
>
>
> > the car ran for about 15 mins on the thursday i drove out of my garage.
>Parked during the Atlanta ice on the weekend and drove sunday from about
>5:45 pm Sunday to the gas station, filled with gas and drove about 15 miles
>
>before slowing and stopping.  Just at dusk.
>
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