On 2024-03-31 08:23, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote:
Couple things here:
There is a release for the shifter you can trip using a small
screwdriver or a pen, as I recall.
My ML has that, a little door at the rear/bottom of the pattern
indicators.
There's no door like that at the 1234D indicator on my 99E320 and 97S420
The W210 shifter uses a lockout solenoid to than prevent shifting out
of park. It can get sticky or even fail, however, as I recall, whne it
fails it fails open, meaning you can move the shifter to whereever you
like regardless of the car’s mode. My 98 W210 wagon was like this, and
I found that the solenoid is not a service part, you have to replace
the whole shifter assembly. Nope!
Wouldn't that mean you could always shift out of P without a battery in
the car?
I think there's also a mechanical cable linkage to the brake pedal like
on a W202 C-class. If so, I suspect that cable is where my problem lies.
For now, I need to move it 60 on (wet right now) grass. Dragging it in P
is a last resort.
Unfortunately I seem to have misplaced the operators manual for the 99
wagon, but the 97 W140 manual makes no mention of overriding the parking
lock. Nor do any of the non-operating manuals for the 99 wagon. I wish I
had the 99 manual handy, I know it explained towing mode, but IIRC all
towing mode did was turn off the 4matic braking on rolling wheels.
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