My understanding is that Mercedes of the 123 and earlier era had 4th gear as 1:1, so fifth gear is overdrive. I don't know if that practice followed into 201 and later cars, but I can tell you that my 190D with five speed did not seem to me to be at a high engine RPM at highway speed.
Very respectfully, /s/ Max Dillon '87 300TD 334k miles '95 E300 280k miles '73 Balboa 20 Charleston SC ________________________________ From: Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Tue, March 8, 2011 8:10:29 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Thoughts on 190E 5-speed? Only if it is geared right. Unless a 5 spd has an overdrive fifth, or the vehicle has a lower ratio diff, you only go through more gears. Most trans have the top gear 1:1 so the engine turns the same rpm at a given road speed whether it is a 3, 4 or 5 speed. (unless the diff ratio is changed) >That's what the 5 speed is good for! > >On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 8:24 PM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> I'm actually well pleased with my '84 190D auto, its quite drivable as the >> engine is always spun up. It REALLY needs an overdrive on the highway >> though, its over 3,000 rpm at 60mph. >> >> -Curt -- >> >OK Don >2001 ML320 >1992 300D 2.5T >1990 300D 2.5T >1997 Plymouth Grand Voyager _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
