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123 '83 300D turbodiesel:
I am rebuilding the front end on this car and need torque specifications to properly replace the nuts and bolts in the front end. I am installing new shocks upper a-arms, sway bar bushings etc. If you have the specs available please give me a call at 310-291-2035. My car is in the shop right now and the technician asked me if I had any of the specs.
Short notice I know and I appreciate any help you can offer.
Thanks,
Michael
Just a few days ago, there are weird noises under the car, like when springs go bad, also a clicking sound on passenger side when I increase the speed, not the idle. when I hit the brakes it also makes some sort of swishing noise, any help would be appreciated. Thanks
the car has sat for 3 months. when I took it for a ride today the tranny wouldnt shift out of 1st gear. It has always shifted fine untill now. the fluid was low so I topped it off with no change. were do I start ?
My automatic transmission in my 1977 280E does not lock when placed into park. When the car rolls with it in park it makes a clicking sound. I think there is a part on a transmission called a parking "pawl" and I think it jambs into something that acts as the lock. Don't know how it works on this car but I'm guessing that it must not be fully engaging and is the reason for the "clicking" noise if it's partially engaged. Please let me know if there is an easy fix for this. Thanks.
At the end of a from a trip of about 4 hours, I noticed a very harsh knocking sound coming from the right rear wheel area of my 1984 300D every time I took off from a stop. It sounded like the axle or wheel would fall off. It stopped after I arrived and parked it over night. At the end of the return trip, it started again and continued every time I took off from a stop. The next evening, I got under the car and checked axles, U-joints, drive shaft carrier bearing, wheel bearings, differential oil level and could find nothing definitive.
Flooring the accelerator pedal does not engage the kickdown switch on the automatic transmission. The pedal reaches its stop before the rod under the pedal can depress the switch. I tested the switch and it is good. Can I adjust the control pressure rod to allow more accelerator movement without damaging the transmission or throwing it out of adjustment? Is this adjustment easy to do?
I believe I'll have to order your can style axle drive shaft, Item: SRG-COMNRAS. After hearing a loud knocking noise, sounding like a loose U-joint, I discovered both boots torn on the left axle. No idea how long they've been this way. I cannot make the axle move to show looseness by hand and the knocking is not all the time while driving. The left axle is the can style. The right axle is the bolted spyder cover style. The boots are not torn through yet, but show cracking. Do you sell replacement boots for this style? I was not able to find this specifically on the web site.
After I changed my automatic transmission fluid and filter the car seems to shift into reverse hard and shifting into 4th,unless I'm standing on it, shifts soft. Could I have moved something?
I realize that rear ends tend to sag with age, but there are relatively simple operations for that problem. With my 300SDL, it seems to be a more difficult problem. I continue to sag even after replacing my differential mount and having OK shocks on the back (i didn't change them, but they only bounce once after compression.) Should i replace them anyway (they probably have not been replaced in a while)? or are there other common wear parts that i have neglected to replace? I would really like to see tops of my rear tires.....Thanks for the help.
Scott
my 1982 240D auto transmission is upshifting way too early - I'm in 4th by the time the car is at 25mph. How much can I adjust the vacuum modulator to adjust this shifting? I recently replaced the VM because the car wasn't shifting at all higher than 2nd gear. The VM replacement fixed that, but now it's shifting way too early. i installed the VM as is out of the box. i know you can turn the key clockwise or counterclockwise, but i can't find any info anywhere about how much or how little. is there a spec that i should be shooting for on this?