Hendrik Riessen wrote:
Also looking at the operators manual for my 230E it states that a 5 speed is
optional on the 200, 230E, 230CE, 250, 280E and 280CE. Not that any where
ever officially imported to Australia. Interesting thing is that top speeds
rating in the owners manual states that a 5 speed W123 will go faster in 4th
than 5th for example a 230E fitted with 5 speed will according to the
operators manual do 112 mph in 4th and 105 mph in 5th.
That's true for MOST Mercedes models. 5th gear is an economy gear - 4th
(usually 1:1) is optimized to the power peak of the engine.
Marshall
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'87 300TD 182Kmi, '84 190D 2.2 229Kmi, '85 190D 2.0 161Kmi, '87 190D 2.5
turbo 237kmi
