400E Transmission Help

bnzprtz · 10-31-2009, 07:33 PM

Well, Thursday night my mom's car (93 400E) lost reverse but only reverse, all forward gears shift as good as they always have.. she got home, parked the car. everything was normal seeming.. till the next time she tried to back out of the driveway. when you put it in reverse. its not like its in neutral.. it actually tries to pull a very small amount.. but it seems to go backwards and then forwards. i checked the fluid of course and it was clean and topped off (had just been changed along with the pan, gasket, filter). i dont have much experience with transmissions. ive replaced valve body gaskets, governor rings and things like that.. but i looked at the breakdown of this transmission and i didnt see just a reverse servo that may be sticking. can anybody offer some advice please? any help is appreciated.

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2PHAST · 11-01-2009, 01:52 AM

When this happens, its not just a small part that you can replace, the entire trans will need to be replaced, its common on the M119 cars. Your looking at around 3k for a rebuilt trans installed.

geoshu · 11-01-2009, 04:41 PM

Happened to me earlier this year, same exact thing. Had to change the whole transmission, it wasn't cheap.

OJ's DNA · 11-02-2009, 06:43 PM

I'm waiting on my tranny to go with 230K on her right now - when she goes I plan on going to craigslist, finding a 94/95 E-class thats got a problem for $1,200 - $1,500 bucks or so and grabbing the tranny from it, then parting the interior, headlamps, etc. to you guys - making my tranny free. Hey, it's just a plan.

ps2cho · 11-03-2009, 12:38 AM

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Originally Posted by OJ's DNA

I'm waiting on my tranny to go with 230K on her right now - when she goes I plan on going to craigslist, finding a 94/95 E-class thats got a problem for $1,200 - $1,500 bucks or so and grabbing the tranny from it, then parting the interior, headlamps, etc. to you guys - making my tranny free. Hey, it's just a plan.

This one may be nice to watch for you...Its totally trashed though.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...&category=6335

11-01-2009, 01:52 AM	#2
2PHAST Super Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 983 Drives: 500E Signal Rot	When this happens, its not just a small part that you can replace, the entire trans will need to be replaced, its common on the M119 cars. Your looking at around 3k for a rebuilt trans installed. __________________ 1993 500E

11-02-2009, 06:43 PM	#4
OJ's DNA Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Temecula, CA Posts: 97 Drives: 95 E300	I'm waiting on my tranny to go with 230K on her right now - when she goes I plan on going to craigslist, finding a 94/95 E-class thats got a problem for $1,200 - $1,500 bucks or so and grabbing the tranny from it, then parting the interior, headlamps, etc. to you guys - making my tranny free. Hey, it's just a plan. __________________ 86 190 2.3-16V "1st 16V imported in NA" 138,000 92 300TE - 170,000 - sold 95 E300 - 228,000 92 190 2.6 - sold 91 190 2.3 - sold 85 300D - sold

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11-01-2009, 04:41 PM	#3
geoshu Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 30 Drives: 1995 E420	Happened to me earlier this year, same exact thing. Had to change the whole transmission, it wasn't cheap.

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