Someone at Rustys told me they didn't. Anyway, 20 years isn't long enough
for this list. 20 years from now I don't want to have to take it apart and
put in a new bushing.
Gerry....Age 81
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From: "Dieselhead" <126die...@gmail.com>
Rusty has the plastic bushings. they generally last 15-20 years.
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My wife complained about the '83 240D shifting poorly. The problem turned
out to be the shifter mechanism which had a plastic "spacer" that was very
worn. I tried to buy a used mechanism or repair parts, both without
success; so I redesigned the mechanism using two springs, a cross bar, and
a (home made) brass spacer instead of a plastic spacer. The springs take
up the wear, keeping the gear selectors in the correct positions. The car
shifts smoothly now.
Gerry Archer
'83 240D and 300D
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From: "Dieselhead" <126die...@gmail.com>
I've never been able to find a 123 or 124 manual trans when I had jingies
to spend, but the older MBs with real transmissions shifted very nicely,
and those are all getrags
I can't imagine that the 123/124 shifts that badly.
That's surprising, as the one in the '84 190D is very nice. Sounds more
like
an old VW or Porsche shifter!
On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 7:03 PM, Allan Streib <str...@cs.indiana.edu>
wrote:
Alex Chamberlain <apchamberl...@gmail.com> writes:
> The car magazines of the time weren't happy with the ergonomics of
the
> stick-shift 300E either. IIRC the shifter was described as "numb"
and
> "rubbery"
The description I've heard of the shifter is "broomstick in a bucket
of
rocks"
Allan
----
OK Don
2001 ML320
1992 300D 2.5T
1990 300D 2.5T
1997 Plymouth Grand Voyager
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