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I'm sleeping in my van tonight on their lot. Hotels are $300 per night around here. I hope the price of oil drops like a freakin rock! Sent from my VS987 using EO Forums mobile app

Silverstar $3K ... mercedes labor $1,400 flipping highway robbery! Figuratively & literally. I called about half a dozen dealerships nationwide. Not a single one is as high as these SHYSTERS! Fort Mitchell, Long Beach, Brevard, Dallas, Atlanta ... etc .. etc ... Well I bought the van used for...

I'm gonna pull the trigger on the Silverstar. I have called at least 15 other shops in town and found one! other shop that will replace it. Auto shops .... diesel shops .... truck shops .... nobody but nobody wants to touch it. My home shop, Egolf in Brevard NC, will replace it for less than...

I used the Shell ATF product since I've had the van. Bought it at 110K mi. Soooo much cheaper than the Mercedes fluid ..

The interval on my Sprinter for fluid is every 60K .... I'd change it between 50-60K .... Currently it was at 39K .... sigh ...

Oh, no need to tow it. It drives .... It has a sudden, hard, erratic hesitation ....

Yeah, that's what I'm researching .... How's the SilverStar? Current mileage on it?

Thanks ... That's what I figured. How's the Silverstar been?

One more note .... Mercedes here will let me purchase a unit and they'll install it. Labor - $1,750 ..... their hourly labor rate is an eye popping $175 per ..

Silver Star quoted $2,800 for a reman. It includes the torque converter and & fluid. 100K mi warranty $200 next day shipping $3K ...

After 658K mi my transmission has finally decided it has had enough! The fluid was changed regularly & the torque converter drained properly. In all honesty, I have not been kind to it. I've demanded allot from that specific part. I think the temps were just too high the past couple of days ...

Fixed it for ya ....

I'm not gonna try to figure out where that number comes from but I'll go along with the sentiment ...

I'm sure I missed it, what's the issue? I called those guys once. Wound up going somewhere else. Can't remember exactly what it was that turned me off. There's a shop I like in Seattle a good bit. It's not a Sprinter specific shop .. doesn't have the fancy name or fancy prices but they are...

Which shop in Seattle?