[W126 Coupe] Re: Transmission Question

[Tracy Walkup]

if that seal fails would it involve both f and r gears?

time will tell ... hope to have the trans on the shop floor this pm or 
tomorrow.



Tracy W. Walkup
twwalkup at hotmail.com



>From: Jonathan Hodgman <jhodgman at gmail.com>
>Reply-To: Jonathan Hodgman <jhodgman at gmail.com>,Mercedes Coupes Mailing 
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>Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Re: Transmission Question
>Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 11:57:13 -0500
>
>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>
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> > >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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