I am from Germany and back in the Philippines in 14th Janurary 2015.
I can ask my local dealer for this part, you can contact me via PM if you cant find in the philippines.
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I already found the parts needed from mang Jaime/Sunsol. Mejo mahal but he's the only one who was able to get it. Anyway, the valve body is all fixed up.
The problem now is the transmission itself:
1) strong shift shock from N to D: and
2) when running at 3rd gear it almost always kicks down to 2nd then jolts to 4th.
My options now would either be
A) A tranny overhaul costing 35k (parts & labor) as estimated by Gerry/mechanic; or
B) A complete tranny surplus at 25k from Charlie/Charon.
Cost-wise I'm leaning towards the surplus due to the 10k difference but is it the better choice?
Anyone here who has experienced using surplus A/T tranny? How long did it last?
I'd rather have an overhaul than buy surplus. You get the benefit of new parts plus warranty in workmanship in overhauls. For surplus, you get a second junk transmission.
Hi Lowslow, the parts I needed were not in Delodur's file of benz parts - they said it was not reproduced, thus surplus was the only way to go. Mang Jaime/Sunsol found the parts I needed, with the same exact part numbers so I doubt it's a mismatch (right???)
Anyway, my VIN 2011261F300253 and tranny 722414 02 417743. So, if the numbers stamped in my tranny matches the ones indicated in my VIN then that supports my conclusion above (right?)