Okay so I'm getting quoted 1500 for a transmission rebuild for my 83 300d. Is this a good price?

It doens't really matter because I can't afford it anyways, but I'm curious.

Is it possible to rebuild the transmission myself? For under...$500? Or is that wishful thinking?

I'm stranded for now. Riding my bike and walking is overrated!

help

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1983 MB 300DT - For sale, so sad.
2001 VW Golf - Daily driver

with installation? - yes.
yes.
yes.
that depends on you.

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80 300SD (129k mi) 82 240D stick (193k mi)77 240D auto - stick to be (153k mi) 85 380SL (145k mi) 89 BMW 535i 82 Diesel Rabbit Pickup (374k mi) 91 Jetta IDI Diesel (155k mi) 81 VW Rabbit Convertible Diesel 70 Triumph Spitfire Mk III (63kmi)66 Triumph TR4a IRS (90k mi)67 Ford F-100 (??)

Pull the thing yourself and take it to the shop. Its not that hard to pull the engine and tranny yourself. You could do it in an afternoon and do a little engine work while you're waiting on the tranny. Maybe a starter, an odd hard-to-reach gasket or something like that.

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Seth

1984 300D 225K
1985 300D Donor body
1985 300D Turbo 165K. Totaled. Donor Engine. It runs!!!
1980 300SD 311K My New Baby.
1979 BMW 633csi 62K+++? Dead odo

No need to pull the engine to pull the tranny. Easy to do and no special tools are needed. I pulled mine last week. I didn't even use a tranny jack. I just used a bottle jack and a bunch of wood blocks piled under it. I lowered it by pulling a few blocks at a time.

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DJ


84 300D Turbodiesel 190K with 4 speed manual sold in 03/2012

The car is already in the shop with the tranny pulled. I already owe them $350 for telling me what parts are busted and my options. I'm so worried that I'll give them the money for a rebuild and then something else is going to go.

If only I had skipped tuition payments and fixed my car. hehehe

Are there any recommended books on mercedes 722.315 transmission rebuilds?

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1983 MB 300DT - For sale, so sad.
2001 VW Golf - Daily driver

I just ran into the same problem. The trans cracked around the B2 piston housing and parts were mixed and matched in another case (turned out to be a bad trans) and it made it 10 miles. If you plan to keep it I would reccomend fully rebuilding it or finding a good used transmssion at another location. which is what I ended up doing but got lucky doing so.

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1974 240D 3.0L 4(M) - 250K -OM617.910 + 300D FW + Rajay turbo power!
1977 6.9 3(A) - 84k

Try this http://www.bulkpart.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=2&Category_Code=722-3manuals
Good luck.

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84 CD

Check with German Potomac. I just bought a tranny for my 300TD for $600 and it works well. They are close to me so there was no shipping charge though.

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