06 CLS55 Transmission not moving at all
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2007 CLS55 AMG
06 CLS55 Transmission not moving at all
Hi everyone.
So the other day I decided to do a couple of doughnuts. I have only ever done 3 in the probably 6 or 7 years owning the car. I'm usually fairly kind to it.
After a couple of spins the car stopped moving, I did the old Mercedes reset turned it off and on again, still no movement and there was a faint clunky sound that stopped after a couple of seconds.
I tried a few things like selecting different gear modes, off and on again etc. Still nothing.
When selecting drive the rpm drops slightly but no movement at all, same in reverse.
Once I got the car home (which luckily wasn't far away) I jacked the rear up and tried again. No wheel movement at all. I got under it and spun the drive shaft by hand and watched the wheels turn to eliminate the diff.
There was no sign of fluid leakage and the car was preforming fine beforehand.
Obviously I have done some serious damage and I'm going to have to remove the tranz and have a look and that this is kind of a dumb question but I'm wondering what I should be mentally and financially preparing myself for here?
Full rebuild, new pump, torque converter, all of the above?
So the other day I decided to do a couple of doughnuts. I have only ever done 3 in the probably 6 or 7 years owning the car. I'm usually fairly kind to it.
After a couple of spins the car stopped moving, I did the old Mercedes reset turned it off and on again, still no movement and there was a faint clunky sound that stopped after a couple of seconds.
I tried a few things like selecting different gear modes, off and on again etc. Still nothing.
When selecting drive the rpm drops slightly but no movement at all, same in reverse.
Once I got the car home (which luckily wasn't far away) I jacked the rear up and tried again. No wheel movement at all. I got under it and spun the drive shaft by hand and watched the wheels turn to eliminate the diff.
There was no sign of fluid leakage and the car was preforming fine beforehand.
Obviously I have done some serious damage and I'm going to have to remove the tranz and have a look and that this is kind of a dumb question but I'm wondering what I should be mentally and financially preparing myself for here?
Full rebuild, new pump, torque converter, all of the above?
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2006 CLS55 AMG, 2005 SLK 350 AMG
Hi everyone.
So the other day I decided to do a couple of doughnuts. I have only ever done 3 in the probably 6 or 7 years owning the car. I'm usually fairly kind to it.
After a couple of spins the car stopped moving, I did the old Mercedes reset turned it off and on again, still no movement and there was a faint clunky sound that stopped after a couple of seconds.
I tried a few things like selecting different gear modes, off and on again etc. Still nothing.
When selecting drive the rpm drops slightly but no movement at all, same in reverse.
Once I got the car home (which luckily wasn't far away) I jacked the rear up and tried again. No wheel movement at all. I got under it and spun the drive shaft by hand and watched the wheels turn to eliminate the diff.
There was no sign of fluid leakage and the car was preforming fine beforehand.
Obviously I have done some serious damage and I'm going to have to remove the tranz and have a look and that this is kind of a dumb question but I'm wondering what I should be mentally and financially preparing myself for here?
Full rebuild, new pump, torque converter, all of the above?
So the other day I decided to do a couple of doughnuts. I have only ever done 3 in the probably 6 or 7 years owning the car. I'm usually fairly kind to it.
After a couple of spins the car stopped moving, I did the old Mercedes reset turned it off and on again, still no movement and there was a faint clunky sound that stopped after a couple of seconds.
I tried a few things like selecting different gear modes, off and on again etc. Still nothing.
When selecting drive the rpm drops slightly but no movement at all, same in reverse.
Once I got the car home (which luckily wasn't far away) I jacked the rear up and tried again. No wheel movement at all. I got under it and spun the drive shaft by hand and watched the wheels turn to eliminate the diff.
There was no sign of fluid leakage and the car was preforming fine beforehand.
Obviously I have done some serious damage and I'm going to have to remove the tranz and have a look and that this is kind of a dumb question but I'm wondering what I should be mentally and financially preparing myself for here?
Full rebuild, new pump, torque converter, all of the above?
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I was trying not to comment after I read the donuts part ! LOLBut.............
Sounds like something broke for sure so be ready for a rebuild. If your lucky just the torque converter and worst case rear planetary assembly.
Sounds like something broke for sure so be ready for a rebuild. If your lucky just the torque converter and worst case rear planetary assembly.
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When tires are spinning "free" there really is is no load until they catch and make the drive line abruptly stop and that's bad.
Doesn't matter if the engine makes 1,000 hp ....if the wheels are spinning free that load is very little compared to say launching from a stand still and tires "hooking".
Doesn't matter if the engine makes 1,000 hp ....if the wheels are spinning free that load is very little compared to say launching from a stand still and tires "hooking".
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And how pray tell is this car getting from a "still" state to the "tires spinning" state ? There's no load during the transition ? Because physics would dictate a tremendous amount of torque is being applied to the driveline to get those tires to bust loose.
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In my defence the tarmac was moist.... However the fact remains that my trans is no linger transmitting. I'll report my findings but it will be a while before I pull it etc. I don't have a hoist yet and I refuse to do that job in my driveway on stands. Lets hope the bank approves my new shed haha.
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