300 SDL Tranny Trouble
300 SDL Tranny Trouble
Made a few short, 5 to 10 mile, trips in my 86 300SDL the other day everything fine. Got in to drive to the beach and no go. The car will not move or attempt to in forward or reverse. Fluid and linkage are fine. My first thought is the pump has gone south. Only cracked open and worked on Ford automatics in the past but never had a pump go out or tranny fail without some warning first. Anything to check before I pull the tranny and venture into unknown territory? Long story short unloaded the Benz loaded the dually and headed to the water.
I check the fluid on a regular basis. It was down less than a pint when this problem arose so i don't see why ther would not be fluid in the converter. When the car is in gear you can tach it to about 2500 and it will attempt to move but does not seem to be in a strain. It is more like a nudge than trying to move forward or backward.
CID Vicious
12-08-2009, 04:43 PM #4Haha, 'Tranny Trouble'...reminds me of when I used to live in Hollywood, of course, there such a phrase is taken in a completely different context
in 1987 it should be a OM603
but if you have a very late 1986 with the 603 its a direct swap
cars
1991 W126 350SDL turbodiesel
1987 W124 E300D turbodiesel
1987 W126 300SDL turbodiesel
1984 W107 SL300D turbodiesel
1974 W115 /8 300D diesel
trucks
2001 Dodge RAM 3500 4x4 Cummins turbodiesel
boats
1974 Uniflite "Salty Dog" powered by
2x OM617.951 Mercedes Benz 5Cyl turbodiesels
oel_brenner
12-19-2009, 08:14 PM #6is your car have the OM617 engine ?
in 1987 it should be a OM603
but if you have a very late 1986 with the 603 its a direct swap
cars
1991 W126 350SDL turbodiesel
1987 W124 E300D turbodiesel
1987 W126 300SDL turbodiesel
1984 W107 SL300D turbodiesel
1974 W115 /8 300D diesel
trucks
2001 Dodge RAM 3500 4x4 Cummins turbodiesel
boats
1974 Uniflite "Salty Dog" powered by
2x OM617.951 Mercedes Benz 5Cyl turbodiesels
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