I too vote for linkage if you couldnt shut it off with the emergency stop. Check the bushing at the firewall, this deteriorates and fails. $45 part....
-Rolf LWB250 wrote: > I would go back and check the whole vacuum system in detail, especially the > modulating valve on the IP and the overboost line from the manifold. > > Your inability to get ful revs with the accelertor would have me looking at > linkage from the pedal to the IP, too. > > I think you've got multiple problems. Start with the vacuum system and > make sure it's 100% first. > > Dan > > > > andrew strasfogel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A Seres of Unfortunate Events has culminated in her well looked-after '85 > 300CD being reduced to a sluggy nonturbo that can't even reach 25 mph. Here > is the progresion: > > 1) Car wouldn't shift beyond second gear. Dealer detected and replaced a > leaky oil cooler line (car was low on translmission fluid). Problem solved > - car now shifted beyond second gear. > 2) Two weeks later, she noticed it wouldn't go past 3500 rpm. I then > observed that the car wouldn't shift into FOURTH gear no matter what! It > wasn't clear whether this was a NEW problem or had been there since we got > the car back from the dealer. > 3) At about that time, she parked the car at the mall and the engine refused > to shut off! Neither of us was able to do so manually after 15 minutes of > fruitless attempts (even attempted to stop up the exhaust). When we gave up > and drove back home, the car had developed a case of slow speed sickness - > no turbo/no revs beyond 2000/incapable of going faster than 20 mph. :(( MB > roadside came and diagnosed and replaced a split vacuum line near the > firewall that solved the shutoff problem, but this did not solve > sluggishness issue. If I manually move the linkage I can get high revs, but > not with the foot throttle. The rod linkages are all intact. > > Ideas and (cheap) solutions gratefully accepted! > > Andrew > 1985 300CD > 1983 300TD > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > 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://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > --------------------------------- > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it > now. > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > 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://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com 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://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
