richicfmai have a search on ebay for a 722.3 master rebuild kit. Mine is autoline brand. I cant speak for its quality yet as I have not done the job. I also had to buy the bands separate as they were not included. (Assuming it is a 722.3 you are rebuilding, choose correct one if not)

@@MMWA-DAVE thanks, yep its also a 722.3, 722.346 to be exact.

Daren Stahl the car was a daily driver for a single mother till the EZL blew, it was after that the car was left to rot in someones front yard who purchased it from a tow truck driver when the girl couldn’t pay for the tow. I have every reason to suspect it was driving ok. I did some short testing in my back yard back and forth and jacked up to see it shift in all positions ok. I have never driven this car on the road it was far too crappy when I bought it to do that.

on my other w124 i removed it from underneath lying on my back - that was unpleasant. But that car is extremely original and a garage queen so i did not want to remove the engine. On this one i took the engine and transmission out as an assembly which is easier. One day I will buy a hoist for this kind of work as my days of lying on my back are numbered - I hate doing it.

@@MMWA-DAVE I brought a 2 post Chinese hoist single phase 4 tonne capacity for $2000 And it has made my life so much easier

Paul Mc Brien one day. Though i think I prefer a less permanent solution. One day i will move from this house and i’ve made it so very unattractive to the mainstream already.

@@MMWA-DAVE I believe that it doesn't matter what the mainstream thinks because as long as your happy who cares what they think ;-)

on these transmissions it is quite common for the reverse friction disks to end up worn out way too early- the reverse section is fortunately the easiest to access. I will go into this transmission in greater detail when I pull it apart properly. On my blue/black 124 i changed the worn out friction disks because the piston was over extending and it was making a grinding noise in reverse. I think if left for too long with an over extending piston from worn out disks the o ring for the piston can blow out. I've not had this happen though. My rebuild kit has all frictions and every o ring in the box. It's going to be interesting as I've not pulled one of these apart this far down (and put it back together anyway)

Achmet Mooraby do you have access to eBay? This is where I buy a lot of my parts these days and many of them all the way from Europe

MMWA Thank you for prompt reply. Yes I do, but it is very confusing when it comes to the number of friction discs.. The issue is if I bring in the wrong part, i can’t return the item

Cause the shipping it too high.

Paul Mc Brien hahaha. It is winter here and thats the first sunlight my arms have seen in a while.

reverse is one of the easier internal repairs on these transmissions. If it were me I would be dropping the trans and dealing with it, but i understand some people use the 124 as a daily driver and cant risk the time it takes. When I do a major job like this it may be weeks before the car can drive again but this doesn't matter as I have a different daily driver.