Measure electrical continuity, not range of motion. You don't care how far it move, you want to know whether it closes (or opens) or not.
On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 6:15 PM, Larry T <l02tur...@comcast.net> wrote: > > Question - the Kickdown switch under the acelerator pedal - how much > movement should it have? I tinkered with it and it only moved about 1/16" > of a inch. I expected 1/4" or so.... but I've never had to work on one > before... Comments?? > > BTW, having new grommets on the shift rod makes a huge difference in the > noise level and shift accuracy - even on a automatic.. I think the front > grommet was hanging by a thread when I was trying to fix the rear one. and > it came off completely when I worked on the rear..... > > speaking of installer errors - Sadlly, if the AT must come out again Sun > Valley will not pay the R&R labor - $550 in my case. > > > anybody?? > > LarryT > 91 300D > > > On 7/19/2013 8:50 AM, Rich Thomas wrote: > >> One of those "installer problems" was my buddy's 79 450SL. His tranny >> was going bad, he bought one from Rusty and had the local well-known indie >> in Houston replace it. They managed to bugger it up somehow I don't >> remember, got another one and it is still fine. >> >> --R >> >> >> On 7/19/13 7:48 AM, Larry T wrote: >> >>> Hi Don, >>> Man! I hope not! This AT is only 25 months old (with a 24 month >>> warranty) - Rusty said he had sold "about 3000" and only had 3 problems- 2 >>> of them were installer problems and 1 was a easy external fix.... >>> >>> The AT was around 1400 plus 550 to install.... for $2k I would hope to >>> get more than 2 years out of it! >>> >>> I'm still hoping for a easy fix but it doesn't seem to be shifting into >>> 1st even when pulling gear lever all the way back. >>> >>> I need to ask Sun valley another question and tell them about it not >>> going into 1st using the shift lever... >>> >>> Thx >>> LarryT >>> 91 300D >>> >>> On 7/18/2013 8:52 PM, OK Don wrote: >>> >>>> I do fear that you have deeper tranny issues >>>> >>> >>> ______________________________**_________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >>> To search list archives >>> http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<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/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<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/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > -- OK Don 2013 F150, 19 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 45 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ 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
