burtcheca
farmer/cabinetmaker
After fighting the algae problem with the '81 300D, now I want to know if the Mercedes with this type of automatic transmissions in 1981 were always kind of sluggish. I know that the rear gear ratio is not the best while cruising but what it's bothering me is that the transmission looks weak or slow.
What kind of test should I run to determine if it needs a transmission job or simply a tune up and cleaning? I went to the mechanic's shop in town today in the morning and he recommended to put a bottle of Seafoam designed to tune transmissions and I did. He says it will take running it for some miles to notice any difference.
I'm thinking I need to remove some transmission fluid now because the fluid level is about 1/2" over the top line in the deep stick. I drove it from town to home (about 1/2 hour) and noticed it was between the lines when I parked it at our farm, before putting the whole bottle of Seafoam in it while iddleing in parking. Then I saw that it was over the upper line about 1/2". A friend here told me not to worry and run it a little around the farm to make sure the Seafoam is mixed well and the level reading is correct.
Any suggestions?
Thanks.
Burt.
What kind of test should I run to determine if it needs a transmission job or simply a tune up and cleaning? I went to the mechanic's shop in town today in the morning and he recommended to put a bottle of Seafoam designed to tune transmissions and I did. He says it will take running it for some miles to notice any difference.
I'm thinking I need to remove some transmission fluid now because the fluid level is about 1/2" over the top line in the deep stick. I drove it from town to home (about 1/2 hour) and noticed it was between the lines when I parked it at our farm, before putting the whole bottle of Seafoam in it while iddleing in parking. Then I saw that it was over the upper line about 1/2". A friend here told me not to worry and run it a little around the farm to make sure the Seafoam is mixed well and the level reading is correct.
Any suggestions?
Thanks.
Burt.
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