Right - it does not specify the gears in a neat table - but if you look at page 41 -- yes, I quoted from that same manual:
I'll quote from page 41 of the factory original owners manual (not a copy or reprint) from my last 1976 300D (115 chassis, pre turbo), part no. 115 584 12 97 - ""D" Drive. All gears are available. 1st. gear can be engaged only by means of kickdown." ""S" Slope. Shifting up to 3rd gear only. 1st gear can be engaged only by means of kickdown. ""L" Low. Shifting up to 2nd gear only. The vehicle starts out in 1st gear. For driving on steep grades, trailer operation in mountainous areas and very slow bumper to bumper driving with frequent stops. Independent of the accelerator position, 1st gear is available for a wider speed range." I believe that "1st. gear can be engaged only by means of kickdown." implies that the car does not start from a dead stop in 1st gear, unless it is in "L", or the accelerator has been depressed enough to trigger the kickdown switch. On 10/23/06, R A Bennell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The original owners manual in the glovebox does not say (so far as I can tell on a quick perusal in any event) how many gears my 76 300D has. All it really says is that it is an automatic transmission (which of course is fairly obvious even to the uninitiated). The manual is a combined version intended for the 240 and 300 and it does give some info about the 240 manual but next to nothing about the automatic. I guess they just intend one to push on the go pedal. Randy
-- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK "The Americans will always do the right thing... after they've exhausted all the alternatives." Sir Winston Churchill '90 300D, '87 300SDL, '81 240D, '78 450SLC, '97 Ply Grand Voyager
