[W126 Coupe] T bolt on Tranny

[Dick Spellman]

Hi Gary:

Hi Gary.  Gotta love the Blue Pointe in San Diego.  I get there every 
year or two.  My company US HQ's are in Sunnyvale and there are rolling 
conventions that touch on San Diego every now and then.  Great city!

Dick

Gary wrote:

> thanks so much for info.  wished you lived in the san diego area

>

> */Dick Spellman <spell.yy at verizon.net>/* wrote:

>

>     Gary:

>

>     If you can safely get all 4 lift points on the SEC up as high as

>     is possible with quality jack stands and go ahead and add the lift

>     just pressing the rear differential for added safety you should be

>     able to do the job and save some earnest coin.  With 200k miles,

>     those flex discs are surely worn.  Easy to inspect them by looking

>     for cracks at the bolt points and by grabbing a hold of the drive

>     shaft and rocking it side to side.  If you hear a pronounced clunk

>     and you can see the cracked discs, there due for r&r.

>

>     The tranny needs to have the torque converter drained as well when

>     you pull the pan and filter.  Jonathan can advise you on how to

>     rotate the crankshaft CW to make the drain bolt accessible.  I use

>     this weird jointed socket wrench to get to the crankshaft bolt on

>     the face of the engine up and between the fan shroud.

>

>     If this is not comfortable for you , then see an independent MB

>     shop that you trust vs. the MB stealership.

>

>     Dick

>

>     Gary wrote:

>>     i was going to change the filter/gasket and refill      do i need

>>     to do more.  or should i take it to mbz garage.  how much do

>>     think that would cost

>>

>>

>>     */Jonathan Hodgman <jhodgman at gmail.com>/* wrote:

>>

>>         Flex discs aren't hard..  it is somewhat involved, but not

>>         overly difficult.

>>

>>         When was the last time your trans was serviced?

>>

>>         Jonathan

>>

>>

>>         On 1/13/07, *Gary* <garysalas at yahoo.com

>>         <mailto:garysalas at yahoo.com>> wrote:

>>

>>             are these things i can do...especially the flex

>>             discus...that sound involved

>>

>>             */Jonathan Hodgman <jhodgman at gmail.com

>>             <mailto:jhodgman at gmail.com>>/* wrote:

>>

>>                 I haven't found a modulator adjustment to have much

>>                 effect on that. When was the last time you had your

>>                 flex discs/trans mount/diff mounts checked/tended too?

>>

>>                 Jonathan

>>

>>

>>                 On 1/13/07, *Gary* <garysalas at yahoo.com

>>                 <mailto:garysalas at yahoo.com>> wrote:

>>

>>                     to either dick or jonathan...when i put my car in

>>                     gear i.e. drive or reverse it jerks a little

>>                     hard.  should i do that "t" adjustment also.

>>

>>

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>>         1990 560 SEC 154K Anthracite on Gray (Sold)

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