I pulled into the drive, put it in park, turned off the engine, and it
started to roll back.
Fiddled with the gear shift until it managed to start, fiddled some
more, and finally got it into gear.
Drove it behind the house and into the shop. Very lucky because working
on it in the driveway in t
Bingo! Googled "Mercedes shift bushing replacement" and got several
dozen links; some being Youtube.
Thanks,
Gerry
On 7/10/2014 8:54 AM, Rich Thomas wrote:
I changed (or actually put some in) these on my SD a coupla months
ago. They were sorta hard to get at, being up above the driveshaft or
I changed (or actually put some in) these on my SD a coupla months ago.
They were sorta hard to get at, being up above the driveshaft or
something, but it worked OK with some contortions and did not take
long. Basically it was accomplished with a bolt, nut, and a coupla
washers to skweeze the
as others have mentioned, the shifter bushings have fallen out. I
believe there are2 or maybe 3 of them. Each is just a hard plastic
grommet that snaps into a hole in the linkage. The parts are only a
couple of $$s each but accessing them can be difficult especially if
laying on a cold conc
Many thanks, folks. I seem to remember that a special tool is needed or one
can be assembled out of washers and a (bolt?) I tried to replace those same
bushings on the '83 240D stick-shift without success, but still have the
bushings which might be the same since both cars are '83 123s.
Gerry
problem (parking pawl) in the transmission.
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> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Car rolls back in "par
Shifter linkage bushings have died and fallen out.
Peter
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Gerry.Dead and/or missing bushing(s)?Maybe 115 992 03 10?Transmission mount
died?
Fred Moir.Lynn MA.Diesel preferred.
> Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2014 22:14:48 -0400
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> Subject: [MBZ] Car rolls back in "park"
>
>
A few months ago my '83 300D would occasionally refuse to start. I
would move the shift lever out of park, move it back into park, and then
it would start.
Yesterday the car rolled back when I put it in park. I can't get it to
engage.
I'm guessing the problem is in the linkage or the shift
