Heck I've been living with it for a month... Still at some point this is to become SWMBO's car so it should get fixed. She was literally trapped in our driveway by it the other day before I pointed out all she needed to do was shut the car off to go into reverse.
Pumping the clutch doesn't help, I did 40 pumps this morning. However on the way to work I had a whiff of brake fluid, I'd guess the clutch MC or hose is leaking. Will check today. -Curt Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 20:49:01 -0500 From: OK Don <[email protected]> To: Mercedes Discussion List <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] 240D clutch saga continues Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Wait a minute here! A clutch is a nicety - not something that is required to drive the car. From a stop, with the engine off, shift into the gear you need to move in the desired direction. If it's reverse, let your foot off the gas, and at the same time shift into neutral. Kill the engine, shift into first, start the engine - accelerate till it's time to shift, let the gas off and shift into neutral, wait till the engine is the right RPM for second, then pull it into second - rinse and repeat. The great synchros in the MB tranny make this a breeze. I learned to shift without the clutch in a '51 VW - no synchros at all - with a broken clutch cable. On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Curt Raymond <[email protected]> wrote: > I tried it but not a dozen pumps. I'll try on the way home. > -- OK Don 2001 ML320 1992 300D 2.5T 1990 300D 2.5T 1997 Plymouth Grand Voyager _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
