My transmission has exhibited some vibrations and a CEL, and a scan at a local shop suggested a possible issue with one of the solenoids, so while I had it apart for a fluid change, I decided to pull the valve body and clean it up based on Doctor A's post about it.
During disassembly I cracked the smaller yellow plastic cover over the solenoids on the valve body on my transmission. Damnit. It was clipped on really well and I was trying to lift it off, and when it finally freed up, the little bit of pressure I was using to pull up on it was enough to crack the brittle plastic. I wasn't exactly hamfisting it so it didn't take much to crack, hopefully I'm not the only one this has happened to.
The part number on the inside is 1402710882 and a google search comes back showing it is discontinued. Double damnit.
Does anyone know if these exist somewhere? Oh, this is a Silver Start reman, if that makes a difference. I will be calling them first thing Monday to see if they have the parts but "discontinued" sounds pretty eerie.
The alternative is to epoxy it but I'd much rather have a good cover in there if possible. Its not load bearing and epoxy should probably do the trick, but I'd feel more comfortable without the risk of the epoxy failing and floating around in the transmission.
The other issue -- I had planned to have this done by Monday night (my goal to have the vehicle fully prepped for a 2 month trip to Alaska). If I need to wait for parts I can... just want to get this back together properly.
Help me out knowledgeable people of Sprinter Forums! Photos attached of disassembly, and the last photo is the cover with the crack in it. Thanks .
p.s. is there a way to insert photos in line on a post so you don't have to click the attachments at the bottom? Can't figure it out on this forum.
During disassembly I cracked the smaller yellow plastic cover over the solenoids on the valve body on my transmission. Damnit. It was clipped on really well and I was trying to lift it off, and when it finally freed up, the little bit of pressure I was using to pull up on it was enough to crack the brittle plastic. I wasn't exactly hamfisting it so it didn't take much to crack, hopefully I'm not the only one this has happened to.
The part number on the inside is 1402710882 and a google search comes back showing it is discontinued. Double damnit.
Does anyone know if these exist somewhere? Oh, this is a Silver Start reman, if that makes a difference. I will be calling them first thing Monday to see if they have the parts but "discontinued" sounds pretty eerie.
The alternative is to epoxy it but I'd much rather have a good cover in there if possible. Its not load bearing and epoxy should probably do the trick, but I'd feel more comfortable without the risk of the epoxy failing and floating around in the transmission.
The other issue -- I had planned to have this done by Monday night (my goal to have the vehicle fully prepped for a 2 month trip to Alaska). If I need to wait for parts I can... just want to get this back together properly.
Help me out knowledgeable people of Sprinter Forums! Photos attached of disassembly, and the last photo is the cover with the crack in it. Thanks .
p.s. is there a way to insert photos in line on a post so you don't have to click the attachments at the bottom? Can't figure it out on this forum.
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