RoundTheBenz

I had my 55 in this week for some minor service issues and I had seen a couple of drops of oil. My indy checked it out and it seems I need a main seal. He old me that the job itself is not difficult but they have to drop the transmission to do it. $900 to do this sound reasonable? He says that he doesn't think its an urgent issue but I hate having things hanging around and like to keep it in good shape.

I'll let you know how it goes.

Viper98912

I have to get mine done on the C55

cnterline

I did mine ,took awhile but came out perfect,don't forget new bolts for flex plate ,

211.070

$900 is not a bad price. It is not a great price either. What is their labor rate?

cnterline

900 is fair ,unless you have a lift ,a tranny jack and the good part of a day IMO

RoundTheBenz

To be honest, I don't know. They have always been fair to me and well below the dealer price and I keep going back but I just wanted to see what others thought.

I look on this as a maintenance issue so once it's done, I wont have to worry again for a long time!

211.070

That is correct. On these vehicles the rear main seal is a routine maintenance item.

fxrs1955

If it's a rear main be sure and replace the bolts and the seal plate. I thought my rear main was leaking and when I pulled the trans it was the trans front pump seal. I replaced the pump and the TQ while I had it out. 900.00 is a decent price for a main seal replacement.

sgaar

$900 is not a very good price. I go the main seal changed on my W163 where the indy also had to remove the transfer case as well as the transmission for $530 with a $89 labor rate. The book time for the W163 is about 10 hours. AS you can see it doesn't take that long for a trained tech. Find one that you trust and get him to bill by the hour used and not the book time.

The book time is about 8 hours for the R230 but can be done in about 5, so you do the math.