Did a search... 95 S320 transmission issue. Help!
03-12-2014, 06:25 PM
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95 S320, 1960 190SL (waiting)
Did a search... 95 S320 transmission issue. Help!
So I drove the car home from work last nite. Ran fine. Shifted fine.
I need to do an oil change so I fired it up to drive around the block to warm everything up.
I shift into drive and I get a whirring noise from under the car. I get a shuddering that doesn't go away when going slowly. When underway, it'll go, but the noise remains. I slow down for say a stop sign and the shuddering's back.
Coast and I get a metal on metal clanking that I'm suspecting is u-joints.
Reverse is fine. Neutral = reverse. THAT's the thing that's confusing me. If I stick the car in neutral, it rolls backwards like its in reverse. Its like it doesn't want to shift out of reverse even when its in drive.
Thoughts?
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I need to do an oil change so I fired it up to drive around the block to warm everything up.
I shift into drive and I get a whirring noise from under the car. I get a shuddering that doesn't go away when going slowly. When underway, it'll go, but the noise remains. I slow down for say a stop sign and the shuddering's back.
Coast and I get a metal on metal clanking that I'm suspecting is u-joints.
Reverse is fine. Neutral = reverse. THAT's the thing that's confusing me. If I stick the car in neutral, it rolls backwards like its in reverse. Its like it doesn't want to shift out of reverse even when its in drive.
Thoughts?
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03-13-2014, 08:45 AM
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how many miles? maybe time for rebuild
03-13-2014, 08:47 AM
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191k miles. It was shifting and running fine day before yesterday.
I've been told that there's a plastic bushing in the shift linkage that goes bad. Anyone confirm or deny that?
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I've been told that there's a plastic bushing in the shift linkage that goes bad. Anyone confirm or deny that?
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03-13-2014, 09:04 AM
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yes it does. maybe stuck in between gears
03-13-2014, 02:22 PM
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that I don't know its a pain on a w126.
03-13-2014, 02:38 PM
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Hmmmm if I had a lift....
'Course, if I had a lift, the trans would probably be out of the car already! Laying on my back on the asphalt of the driveway? Ugh.
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'Course, if I had a lift, the trans would probably be out of the car already! Laying on my back on the asphalt of the driveway? Ugh.
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03-14-2014, 08:29 AM
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yeah I hate working on my back.Also I can't get down and up like when I was younger.
I have the kit for my w126,I will let a mechanic put it in.
I have the kit for my w126,I will let a mechanic put it in.
