Jim, Yes that 240D starts out in 2nd-unless you push/kick down hard as you are taking of and kick it into first. It will (should) do that in either S or D.
Dwight Giles, Jr 1979 240D auto, 250K + miles 1990 300D 2.5t, 129K miles Wickford, RI -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Booher Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 8:59 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Project 240D in Oregon On 3/6/06, Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > own which doesn't help matters any. (And rarely [if ever] starts out > in 1 unless the lever is in L.) But the linkage is already pulling as > hard on the tranny's lever as will let the throttle go to full stop. Jim, Don't know from practical experience, but I've talked to a local MB private specialist in the past about certain vehicles I have been interested in and how he felt about them. Apparently there are a couple, several?, transmissions that do that in MB's past. They were designed to start out in 2nd, and L/1st was only for hard pulls from stop, so the driver would have to know that's how he wanted to start and downshift manually (in an automatic) to get to 1st ..... this *may* be how this transmission works. In fact, at the time I thought it was so weird I googled it and found some info on how to change that characteristic. That might be the google I used to find this list ... odd circle of events. Ed -- Knowledge is power... Power Corrupts. Study hard... Be Evil. _______________________________________ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
