rockard
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- mercedes e300td avantgarde
Hello all im new to this and in need of some help please. i purchased my 99 e300td 3weeks ago and it has been running like new until 2 days ago.i pulled out of my drive and noticed a strange grinding from under car when put in drive,as i drove on abit further it went into 2nd and noise went and car carried on in all gears smoothly,until i came to a stop again.pulled over and put in N the grinding was there,put in reverse it stopped,put in P the noise again came back,i put in drive and it stopped noise until i pulled off and reached 2nd gear then it was fine.got to a transmission garage and they couldnt fit car in for a few days(busy)so left and as i got no further then 5miles up road,i was doing 30mph lost all gears,coasted off road parked up.turnt car off and started again,drove a short distance and lost gears again.had to be recovered.on draining fluid and removing the transmission pan i found lots of metal shavings but more concerning to me what looked like remains of a roller bearing!!about 11 of the rollers i managed to find.im gutted to say the least as i am on a short budget as i just purchased this car.can it be fixed or is my car doomed?hope you can shed some light on my problem please as its much needed.darren