722.3 transmission rebuilder in Illinois?

[T0Pnotch55]

hi everyoy, looking for a good shop in ilinois that can rebuild a transmission from 1995 E320, any recommendations?

thank you.

 

[natejgreene9871]

i've had good luck with sun valley transmissions in california. I've ordered 3 now. They ship all over the country for a reasonable price.

 

[T0Pnotch55]

i've had good luck with sun valley transmissions in california. I've ordered 3 now. They ship all over the country for a reasonable price.

thank you, ill check them out

 

[gsxr]

What is wrong with the transmission now?

If you have time to DIY... there are enough good YouTube videos available now that it's become more feasible to do it yourself, for a fraction of the cost. But, it will probably take a few dozen hours. Right, @Seangbadee ? If you don't have the time or inclination, paying Sun Valley is likely the best option.

 

[gerryvz]

thank you, ill check them out

Thread 'A visit to Sun Valley Transmission, Van Nuys, CA'

Apr 14, 2014

LINK TO THEIR WEBSITE: http://mercedestransmission.com/

On Friday morning, I visited Sun Valley Mercedes Transmission, in Van Nuys, CA. This is a MB transmission rebuilding specialist in the San Fernando Valley. They are the ones who built me a new transmission that is going into my wife's 1995 E320 wagon this week.

I spent about 3 hours at Sun Valley talking with Marc, the owner, and he gave me not only a tour of the place, but allowed me to run around the place as I wished. It was a very good education in MB transmissions.

Bottom line is that our 722.3...

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[T0Pnotch55]

What is wrong with the transmission now?

If you have time to DIY... there are enough good YouTube videos available now that it's become more feasible to do it yourself, for a fraction of the cost. But, it will probably take a few dozen hours. Right, @Seangbadee ? If you don't have the time or inclination, paying Sun Valley is likely the best option.

ill do more research on the DIY part, thank you

 

[emerydc8]

I had good luck with Sun Valley on a 722.6 for my S320. One shop in town absolutely refused to install someone else’s transmission and they wanted $7000 to rebuild it. I ended up at the dealer who initially gave me a reasonable estimate—until the car was apart and they decided to extort me to flush the cooling system (really). I was out of town, though I guess it wouldn’t have mattered. The Valeo radiator failed and allowed coolant to mix with the transmission fluid. This was a known defect on certain S320s that used the Valero radiator and they knew this was the reason for the transmission swap but they waited until it was apart to give me the new estimate. If I recall correctly they charged me 6.2 hours to flush the cooling system. Why people hate the dealers. The tech was someone I respected and had dealt with for over two decades so I’m thinking it was the service advisor who decided to do the gouging. The tech could have been in on it though. My experience is that service advisors are worse than attorneys or used car salesmen. Whatever they think they can extract from you is justified in their mind.

If you decide to go the Sun Valley route make absolutely certain you nail down the shop that does the swap and discuss any “while you’re in there” items that they could call you about so you don’t start out at $1500 and wind up paying twice as much to get your car back.

 

[T0Pnotch55]

I had good luck with Sun Valley on a 722.6 for my S320. One shop in town absolutely refused to install someone else’s transmission and they wanted $7000 to rebuild it. I ended up at the dealer who initially gave me a reasonable estimate—until the car was apart and they decided to extort me to flush the cooling system (really). I was out of town, though I guess it wouldn’t have mattered. The Valeo radiator failed and allowed coolant to mix with the transmission fluid. This was a known defect on certain S320s that used the Valero radiator and they knew this was the reason for the transmission swap but they waited until it was apart to give me the new estimate. If I recall correctly they charged me 6.2 hours to flush the cooling system. Why people hate the dealers. The tech was someone I respected and had dealt with for over two decades so I’m thinking it was the service advisor who decided to do the gouging. The tech could have been in on it though. My experience is that service advisors are worse than attorneys or used car salesmen. Whatever they think they can extract from you is justified in their mind.

If you decide to go the Sun Valley route make absolutely certain you nail down the shop that does the swap and discuss any “while you’re in there” items that they could call you about so you don’t start out at $1500 and wind up paying twice as much to get your car back.

ill be the one doing the swap, just looking to get a good rebuild

 

[emerydc8]

ill be the one doing the swap, just looking to get a good rebuild

Excellent. In that case I think Sun Valley would be ideal. They ship a rebuilt to you and you ship your old one to them in the same box. If I recall the return freight was prepaid at their expense.