Re: [MBZ] 94 e420 tranny saga - continued

2019-08-01 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Thu, 1 Aug 2019 06:41:31 -0700 Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes wrote: > Yes it has that cold start feature. It still seems to work as it should. > > Pretty much every indy uses Marc for this stuff. I am not going to pull > it myself so I just left it at the indy to sort out with Marc how to >

Re: [MBZ] 94 e420 tranny saga - continued

2019-08-01 Thread Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
Yes it has that cold start feature. It still seems to work as it should. Pretty much every indy uses Marc for this stuff. I am not going to pull it myself so I just left it at the indy to sort out with Marc how to diagnose and fix it. ___

Re: [MBZ] 94 e420 tranny saga - continued

2019-08-01 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
c: atypical...@gmail.com >Subject: [MBZ] 94 e420 tranny saga - continued > >So it wasnt the motor limping, it was the transmission refusing to >upshift >out of granny gear. It does it for awhile, then it decides to not do it >for >awhile. In the meantime you are doing 20mph at

Re: [MBZ] 94 e420 tranny saga - continued

2019-07-31 Thread Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
Good idea but it doesnt seem to matter if I shift it or not. It will stop doing it spontaneously whether I shift or not. On Wed, Jul 31, 2019, 2:14 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Shifter switch? The $500E300 would get stuck in 1st or 2nd until I > shifted it

Re: [MBZ] 94 e420 tranny saga - continued

2019-07-31 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
Shifter switch?  The $500E300 would get stuck in 1st or 2nd until I shifted it out/in then it was fine.  It only happened occasionally from a cold start. --FT On 7/31/19 2:54 PM, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes wrote: So it wasnt the motor limping, it was the transmission refusing to upshift out

Re: [MBZ] 94 e420 tranny saga - continued

2019-07-31 Thread Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
of detritus. > > > Rick > > From: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Sent: July 31, 2019 1:55 PM > To: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Cc: atypical...@gmail.com > Subject: [MBZ] 94 e420 tranny saga - continued > > So it wasnt the motor limping, i

Re: [MBZ] 94 e420 tranny saga - continued

2019-07-31 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
Funky kickdown switch under the throttle pedal. They tend to accumulate a lot of detritus. Rick From: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: July 31, 2019 1:55 PM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: atypical...@gmail.com Subject: [MBZ] 94 e420 tranny saga - continued So

[MBZ] 94 e420 tranny saga - continued

2019-07-31 Thread Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
So it wasnt the motor limping, it was the transmission refusing to upshift out of granny gear. It does it for awhile, then it decides to not do it for awhile. In the meantime you are doing 20mph at 4500rpm in traffic. It works great - when it decides to work. Shifts are very firm. Always goes into