[W126 Coupe] Re: Transmission Question

[Jonathan Hodgman]

I spoke w/ a fellow about your problem, according to what he has seen,
there is a seal b/w the K1 and K2 clutches that fails.  When that
fails the trans can no longer keep the necessary pressure and thus no
gears.

Jonathan



On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 11:50:21 -0500, Tracy Walkup <twwalkup at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 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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