1994 W140 S500 tranny extraction problems.
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W140 S500L
1994 W140 S500 tranny extraction problems.
Dear forum users,
Trying to keep things short:
I'm at the point where everything is disconnected and unbolted but the tranny won't move away from the engine...
While prying on the lower part it moves a little but the upper parts holds tough.
It seems to be sitting on two metal guide sleeves/bushes – which with the use of a mirror I can tell are pretty rusty.
Has anyone encountered that before? It's either a good piece of advice or extraction of the entire engine/tranny set...
Thanks in advance for Your time.
Trying to keep things short:
- Reverse goes missing
- Tons of reading on the causes
- Tons of reading on the rebuild
- Some reading on the tranny extraction as it doesn't look complicated
- Tranny extraction -> BUST!
I'm at the point where everything is disconnected and unbolted but the tranny won't move away from the engine...
While prying on the lower part it moves a little but the upper parts holds tough.
It seems to be sitting on two metal guide sleeves/bushes – which with the use of a mirror I can tell are pretty rusty.
Has anyone encountered that before? It's either a good piece of advice or extraction of the entire engine/tranny set...
Thanks in advance for Your time.
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1990 560 SEL , 1998 S 420
How about soaking the two (2) locating dowels with some WD40 or other penetratiing fluid and leave it overnight. Mine was stuck too on both dowels. Just remember to clean it up and grease it before reinstalling. (...my two cents worth ;-)) )
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W140 S500L
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WDB1400511A166008
Regarding the WD40 - I've been soaking those *******s with a "deruster" for an entire week. THe chemical used is good as it helped me countless times to extract rusted and stuck injectors from diesel engines. Unfortunatelly in this case - poor effect.
But it's sort of a relief to know that someone had a problem in the same spot!
Thanks.
WDB1400511A166008
Regarding the WD40 - I've been soaking those *******s with a "deruster" for an entire week. THe chemical used is good as it helped me countless times to extract rusted and stuck injectors from diesel engines. Unfortunatelly in this case - poor effect.
But it's sort of a relief to know that someone had a problem in the same spot!
Thanks.
