Alex Chamberlain wrote:
On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Peter Frederick <psf...@earthlink.net> wrote:
W124 diesels start in first.
Not mine.
I've got a 'new model' shop book for the 116.120.
Among the things described there is the electrical box that forces the 2nd gear
start transmission into first via the kickdown switch when you start out from a
stop. It idles in 2nd to reduce creep and downshifts when you hit the gas. Mine
doesn't because something's shorted out in the kickdown circuit.
Newer cars do not operate the way a 1979-1980 300SD does, but don't they
preserve the 'idle in 2nd, start in 1st' concept, and fail into 'start in 2nd'
when something goes wrong?
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