W123 auto box filter

[Mr Livered]

I have an 83 200T. My workshop manual says that the only job the home mechanic should contemplate with the 4-speed automatic gearbox is checking the ATF level.

However, I would like to change the filter - can it really be so hard? Does anybody have any advice before I give it a go? - or, even better, is there a guide to doing so anywhere on the web?

Many thanks for any help.

 

[television]

Its very easy to do on your car, the oil type and quantities I put in the oil section, you can drain the torque converter

http://www.detali.ru/cat/oem_mb2.as...GA=722121&CT=GA&cat=09X&SID=27&SGR=001&SGN=01


695 is the filter, 6 is the drain plug for the converter.

Do not over tighten the sump bolts so as to distort the metal

Hope this helps

 

[Mr Livered]

Thanks very much for the blisteringly quick reply. Good to hear it's an easy job but the diagrams are making my brain ache! (a bit like wiring diagrams, they do the same thing...)

Any particular pitfalls to watch out for?

Cheers

 

[television]

You are only interested in the 3rd picture down and the oil pan and filter on the left and the plug on the left in picture 6.

You will need to take the sparking plugs out so that you can rotate the engine to get the drain plug to the bottom on the torque converter.

Cleanliness must be of the highest order of the day, wash and dry all components before you re fit. if you drop something, wash it

Hard to say if the gaskit 706 in pic should be replaced, it is 25 years old now


Other than the above it is plain sailing

The type of oil is in the list and you can use the Shell version as you can buy that cheaper than the MB

 

[Mr Livered]

Thanks!

 

[BlackC55]

Its very easy to do on your car, the oil type and quantities I put in the oil section, you can drain the torque converter

http://www.detali.ru/cat/oem_mb2.as...GA=722121&CT=GA&cat=09X&SID=27&SGR=001&SGN=01


695 is the filter, 6 is the drain plug for the converter.

Do not over tighten the sump bolts so as to distort the metal

Hope this helps

(8nm is all)

 

[BlackC55]

You are only interested in the 3rd picture down and the oil pan and filter on the left and the plug on the left in picture 6.

You will need to take the sparking plugs out so that you can rotate the engine to get the drain plug to the bottom on the torque converter.

Cleanliness must be of the highest order of the day, wash and dry all components before you re fit. if you drop something, wash it

Hard to say if the gaskit 706 in pic should be replaced, it is 25 years old now


Other than the above it is plain sailing

The type of oil is in the list and you can use the Shell version as you can buy that cheaper than the MB

No need to remove the plugs. Just lever the torque converter round with a long screwdriver.