Dunvale
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- 01 ML 270cdi (w163), 94 E200 (w124)
Hi all,
I have to get my 2001 ML 270's gearbox overhauled. It has decided to give me major trouble @ exactly 100,000 miles.
The gearbox specialists I have rang claim that it is normal practice to have to rebuild these units at 80-100K miles which in my opinion is a disgrace. if only someone had told me this before I bought the thing. Anyway I'm stuck with it now. Since I bought it 5weeks ago!!, I have had to get 3 injectors reconditioned and the rest got new seals and now this gearbox disaster.
I let the injectors go with the harm of the year but I had to call up the previous owner when the gearbox gave up. They have agreed to pay half of the repair costs to the gearbox, Which is fair, we came to this agreement without any fighting so thats good.
Anyway, Its going to cost nearly half what I paid for the ****** thing to repair.
I have got Quotes from 3 specialists.All are Quoting in or around the same figure. All claim that the Torque convertor will be replaced along with the little clutches and seals etc. However two of them claim that the valve chest in the gearbox will most certainly have to be replaced at a considerable extra cost.
Is this normal practice? I mean I want a good job done but don't want unneccessary cost! What are your views on this.
They also inform me that generally the ML's don't suffer from the glycol issue as much as the E's. Also for any of you interested, they all say that the test you can do to test for glycol is not fool proof and you can only really be sure when the gearbox is open and the clutches inspected.
The joys of owning an Amercian built merc! I'd have my w124 any day! Should have bought an old 300D for towing:neutral:!
Any advice welcome. Thanks.
I have to get my 2001 ML 270's gearbox overhauled. It has decided to give me major trouble @ exactly 100,000 miles.
The gearbox specialists I have rang claim that it is normal practice to have to rebuild these units at 80-100K miles which in my opinion is a disgrace. if only someone had told me this before I bought the thing. Anyway I'm stuck with it now. Since I bought it 5weeks ago!!, I have had to get 3 injectors reconditioned and the rest got new seals and now this gearbox disaster.
I let the injectors go with the harm of the year but I had to call up the previous owner when the gearbox gave up. They have agreed to pay half of the repair costs to the gearbox, Which is fair, we came to this agreement without any fighting so thats good.
Anyway, Its going to cost nearly half what I paid for the ****** thing to repair.
I have got Quotes from 3 specialists.All are Quoting in or around the same figure. All claim that the Torque convertor will be replaced along with the little clutches and seals etc. However two of them claim that the valve chest in the gearbox will most certainly have to be replaced at a considerable extra cost.
Is this normal practice? I mean I want a good job done but don't want unneccessary cost! What are your views on this.
They also inform me that generally the ML's don't suffer from the glycol issue as much as the E's. Also for any of you interested, they all say that the test you can do to test for glycol is not fool proof and you can only really be sure when the gearbox is open and the clutches inspected.
The joys of owning an Amercian built merc! I'd have my w124 any day! Should have bought an old 300D for towing:neutral:!
Any advice welcome. Thanks.
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