1992 190E Transmission

[jpcook]

This report comes from my 17 year old daughter:
I heard a little noise as I pulled up to the stop sign. I stopped. then the car would not go forward. So I backed it down the hill and parked it.

I took the pan off the trans and it looked like a metalic redish paint in the bottom. Small, little metalic flecks. Nothing else. thought I'd fill it back up and try it.

My concern is this: If it's something small, and it can be fixed easily then I don't want to trash it more by running it. On the other hand, the Mercedez dealer service rep told me that it would be $3,000 any way you slice it. That it doesn't make sense to repair it based on the value of the car and it would cost $2000 to take it apart to find out what is wrong and $1000 to fix it and put it back in.

Should I be looking for another car or another trans? Any advice on child rearing or the car would be helpful.

Thanks very much.

 

[television]

This report comes from my 17 year old daughter:
I heard a little noise as I pulled up to the stop sign. I stopped. then the car would not go forward. So I backed it down the hill and parked it.

I took the pan off the trans and it looked like a metalic redish paint in the bottom. Small, little metalic flecks. Nothing else. thought I'd fill it back up and try it.

My concern is this: If it's something small, and it can be fixed easily then I don't want to trash it more by running it. On the other hand, the Mercedez dealer service rep told me that it would be $3,000 any way you slice it. That it doesn't make sense to repair it based on the value of the car and it would cost $2000 to take it apart to find out what is wrong and $1000 to fix it and put it back in.

Should I be looking for another car or another trans? Any advice on child rearing or the car would be helpful.

Thanks very much.

Welcome to the forum, I cant make girls, only boys and they fix their own.

Your problems, what do you do, fill it up and try again, go to a breakers yard
its hard for us over here to know what these people charge for a secondhand box, I think that I would try a secondhand one first.

Malcolm

 

[tom7035]

Hi.

Had the same experience a couple of years ago, heard (and felt) a thump from the underside while travelling quite slowly near a junction. The car drove home OK, but on taking it out subsequently - no forward drive but would reverse OK. Called an autobox specialist acquaintance - "sheared anchor pin on No.(?) brakeband" or words close to those.
Got the usual quotes for recon. box etc., but ended up having a s/h unit fitted at a total cost of £500-ish.
Apparently the car would have driven far enough after this 'pin' sheared, but after stopping would lose forward drive.

Tom.