Great to see such expertise and competence in disassembly and assessment of fault. Thank you for this informative video. Amazed in had reverse at all... I have a 722.369 in '95 E320. It is rebuilt due to no / slow reverse; cause was reverse piston seal failure (tear) and the frictions were very thin. All seals, frictions and both bands replaced with MBZ parts; pump bushing too. Usually, the vehicle will not engage 1st or 2nd gear with the selector in "D" or "3". Requires the gear selector to be in position "2" to engage 1st or 2nd gear. On the rare occasion when it works properly (can drive from stop in selector "D" or "3") the trans has proper shift points and modulations. Governor pressure tested on the road affirms this. When "d" or "3" do not get low gears, the operating pressure is too low - around 50. Pressure may suddenly ramp up to 90 or above and then engage, or might bang-engage, let go as operating pressure drops to 50 or so. After starting out in gear selector 2, manually changing to 3 or D will give the proper upshifts and downshifts from 4-3-2 in "D" or 3-2 in "3" and D are fine. It won't start out again in 1st or 2nd gear, unless gear selector "2" is chosen again.. Only known problem I can recall on removal/rebuild: the the torque converter was bonded to the crank, so when I pulled the trans back, only the trans slid. weight of trans was hanging on the input shaft which was still in the converter hub, but at an odd angle. I am wondering about converter one-way clutch; or one of the other one-way clutches. I just pulled the valve body to look at. What would cause the operating pressure to suddenly drop, and suddenly rise the gear sector in "3" or "D"? Any advice, greatly appreciated.

I love it! I'm so glad you were able to add the tear down at the end! Just great great info!

This video is helping me considerably with my 82 300d, thank you. Giving me confidence in doing this myself

That is a very informative Video. Thank you very much. It will help me a lot on a 1995 722.364 in a 500sl with similar Shifting Problems

Thank you for your video was really helpful, I was able to disassemble the valve body without breaking anything, greetings from Adelanto Ca.

My 722.3 in a 1995 E320 shifts with a HARD whiplash jerk only in these 2 scenarios: 1) going 20 mph, and give it half throttle to accelerate results in a HARD whiplash jerk kickdown. 2) When idling from a dead stop with no throttle, let off brake and let the car eventually pick up enough speed at idle to go into second gear in its own, the same HARD whiplash jerk. If I start from a dead stop with normal throttle the 1-2 and 2-3 and 3-4 are perfect. If I start from a dead stop with medium throttle the 1-2 and 2-3 and 3-4 are perfect. If from a dead stop I do full throttle, the 1-2, 2-3, and 3-4 are perfect. If I'm going down the freeway and push the accelerator down a little to do that first "mini" kickdown, it does not jerk and is perfect. If on the freeway I push the pedal down hard (especially to click the button switch under the gas pedal) for a bigger kickdown, it does not clunk. The transmission mounts, flex discs, rear diff mounts are all new. It clunked even worse before those were replaced. If I turn down the modulator t-handle, I can get most of that to be better, but then I get 2-3 flare. I did the K1/K2 spring kit and the flare was better, so I turned the modulator t-handle "softer" again, but the HARD whiplash jerk is still there. ANY IDEAS?????????? Fluid and filter are new and valve body and all areas were very clean. 150k miles. Car is VERY well taken care of, all records, and is all original and everywhere I go people think I restored it. Your time is very appreciated!

Another nice job!!!!

If I had my choice of any of those cars it would be the mercedes. I have wanted a wagon for over 10 years but everything I found was in bad condition. I now own a w124 diesel I have gone through but still like the wagons.

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Wow it’s really good job

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Awesome video I would like to see a full mercedes 300e automatic transmission rebuild/overhaul I think the 722.3. we would feature your video on our social media platforms. if you would make one. also let me know if you need a transmission that needs rebuilding because I have 4 of them that needs a rebuild

No shift from 1st is almost always lack of governor pressure. A lot of these boxes had plastic gears on the governor that break resulting in lack of shifting. A simple pressure check per the manual would've shown this.

Hi,do you know where I can get a gear selector rod from or maybe a part number,the yellow part on the end broke and having a hard time finding it

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Could you please telle me the part number of the reparation kit?

You can tell when someone knows exactly what they're doing. The way he is working is seamless and with a purpose. He isn't figuring things out and trying to check what goes where.....every step is done in sequence, no pauses, no stutters, just straight through. This is amazing. My reverse is gone on my 722.3/4 and I need to replace/rebuild the B3(?) band. It will be my first time doing this. Do you have any advice or tips? It's just my reverse so I will only be doing that at this time. I know the adage of "while you're there" but since it's my first time even dropping a transmission and this is my daily driver, I'd prefer to only attempt the reverse first, then depending on how comfortable I feel or how that turns out, then I'd try other parts. I have a 1990 w201 and I have pretty maintained the car by myself since 2008. I learned by removing one part at a time, then replacing it. did that to pretty much the whole car and now I have a fair understanding of it. I got it at 174xxx miles in 2005 and I'm now at about 468xxx. I do my own scheduled maintenance and enjoy the work, so any help from you is greatly appreciated.

I have a 722.315 trannie that will not move in drive. It ban GF s into reverse and m you modulator is bad, hold as no vacuum.. I drained the torque converter and trans, new oil and filter and Lucas slip fix. Sam we problem, it is nudging to go into drive but slips and doesn't move. I ordered a new modulator. Any ideas for me? I need help. Thank you, Richard T.

Gary, I recently cleaned the VB of my 722.3. Thoroughly cleaned it. put it back. It now shifts good from neutral to1st to 2nd, 2nd to 3rd, in fact the flaring from 2nd to 3rd disappeared. But now only thing is, I noticed, it wont go up to 4th!!! What mistake could I have committed? The trans do in fact goes to all the gears even before the cleaning!!! Any suggestions? Thanks

Great Video -- I have a 722.3 gearbox in a 1991 Mercedes 350 SD. The problem I am having is it will not shift from first to second gear until approximately 3500 rpm. The other gear shifts are ok, It is just first to second. I believe I adjusted the Transmission control pressure cable properly. Any ideas on what might be the problem or where to look next? Thanks in advance for your help.

I have a 722.3, did a trans flush on it, and filter change, how reliable are they my M119 im not afraid of. Are they bulletproof if maintained well?

I seem to have lost reverse in my 722.364, all forward gears work fine, shifts real smooth and as it should, if the screens are blocked could this be the problem ? When i put it into R, it seems to engage and the RPM drop slightly but the vehicle just doesn't move, thanks for any help you can give.

you know where i can find hard parts like the rooster cone ? in my transmission the manual level valve broke from the plastic tab that conects it to the rooster cone so when i put the trans in reverse itl go forward like if its on drive . im sad bc of this need help

hello sorry for the wonderful english but I need your help .... I dismounted the valve body and some small spheres fell ... I do not know where they go now. Can you help me??

I just got my 722.315 rebuilt to compliment the OM617 turbo 5 cylinder engine I rebuilt. The trans was working great until I took it on a 70 mile freeway drive for the first time. I kept it at around 55-60 mph, when I got back home the trans started acting up. When I start out, the trans shifts through all gears within about 2 seconds. I can still shift manually using the shifter. The trans only has 200 miles since it was rebuilt, and it is under warranty but I don't like taking my car to shops. Is there any advice you could give me?

You mentioned "Delay in reverse" I'm experiencing this in mine as well as a delay into drive gears. Cause? Dirty filter?

You have done some repairs on automatic gearboxes in youre life 👍😊

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Thanks for this video! Any recommendations on rebuilding, or where to take a 722.3 transmission for rebuild in the New York area?

360p resolution is killing this otherwise excellent video

hi nice video i need your help i have low miles 722.3 from v12 gas version the 1-2 shift is harsh at times all others are so smooth what can you recommend to fix the 1-2 shifts ? its had a new modulator valve and oil filer i hope you reply to help me?

Gary buenas noches como la traduzco en español ??

Great video, thanks for sharing. I recently changed my valve body on my ’82 300TD MB and have run into some problems that I thought you might be able to help. The car has a 722.3 transmission with 170K miles on it and because it was flaring I sat out to clean the valve body (VB). I replaced the springs with those from a kit. During re-assembly it slipped my hand and hit the floor. One of the bore holes was damaged and I had to order a used one. Although this second VB was from a 722.3 transmission, it had slight differences with my old one. I think it was from a later model 722.3. Now after putting everything back together and making all the vacuum and Bowden cable adjustments, it would not shift beyond the first gear. Do you happen to have any idea what could be wrong or what could be done. What options do you think I have. The engine, the exterior and the interior are all good and I hate to give up on it. Thanks, Myron

Hello I just bought a super nice 87 300sdl for $500 it only has reverse. The guy had it rebuilt a couple years ago and said he was driving it one day And was fine .the next dat he said it only had reverse. Any idea on what I should look for. I bought it planning to put a low mile used trans that I found. But if there is a chance this trans can be saved I would prefer not to have to do a trans swap. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for the video and your time.

Can you give us the part number of the valve body gasket set? It's hard to see the numbers in the video.

I noticed you didn’t have a control pressure spring that hooks on to the black finger were the control pressure plunger sits up against

There's less bolts holding a 747 together. If I was to do this I would have sooo many parts left over.

Great video. I am rebuilding a w124 e500 from 1994 with the same or almost the same gearbox 722370. When i bought the car the engine and gearbox where out of the car and i have rebuild the engine. Now the engine and gearbox are in the car i wanted to put a new filter/oil on the gearbox and then i found 4 small pieces from a spring in the oil sump. So my question is what spring could this be. I know there are many springs in the gearbox but which spring can end up in the oil sump? any idea?

how much was the rebuild cost?

How much would you charge to rebuild the trans 1995 Mercedes s420 reverse out