this is a duplicate post - Sorry TRZ

I bought a well maintained 89 300ce with 120k miles last month and I’m concerned about transmission. When I put the car in either drive or reverse it noticeably lunges into gear. The car drives fine, there’s no noticeable slipping or wired noises it simply doesn’t go into gear as smoothly as the average car. The guy I bought from told me on the test drive that the hard gear engagement was a characteristic of the 1989 300ce model and is was a sign to transmission was in good shape so I never gave it another though.

Last week I took the car to euro repair shop to get the peace of mind of having my car checkout by a professional. The shop service writer told me the hard gear engagement was a sign the transmission is ready to blow and he would be surprised if my tranny went out in a few days. I asked if new fluid and a filter would help and he strongly recommend against it, saying clean trans fluid would only make things worse. (does this sound strange to anybody other than me?)

I checked the tranny fluid level after I left the shop and the trans fluid was between an 8th and a 1/4 inch above the high point on the dipstick and trans fluid looks old.

I would love to hear your opinions, advice or insights before I take the car to different MB repair shop for second opinion.

1. Does anyone know if 89 300ce notoriously go into gear a little harder than the
average car?
2. Could servicing my transmission really hurt the transmission?
3. Should I be looking for a vacuum leak or a faulty relay?


Thank you for your time, Richard

 

i don't think I posted the same post twice on Mercedesforum.com but I did post the same thing on benzforum.com

Is benzforum.com a mirror website of Mercedesforum.com?