The transmission mount needs to be replaced from time to time so please check it ASAP to at least rule that out. Not a difficult or expensive job..
On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 4:39 PM Meade Dillon via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Bravo! Jaime gets the credit - he nailed it. > > Clunk - I really don't remember enough about the 123 to offer much, > definitely could be a mount or maybe a flex disc? > > Marshall Booth sometimes would advise whole-sale replacement of all the > rubber in the driveline, from the engine mounts all the way back to the > differential mounts, if they were more than ten years old. Might be money > well spent if you want a really smooth and quiet ride, but there are other > things to do as well for a smooth ride like injector balancing. > ------------- > Max > Charleston SC > > > On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 4:32 PM Don Snook via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > > The Bowden cable was sort of the issue. The linkage was not placed > > corrected. When the throttle linkage moved, it was not pulling the cable > at > > all. I clicked it over and it was like EUREKA! So, I just went for a > > drive and it downshifted, it delayed upshift as I was accelerating and > it > > shifted into third! It’s like a rocket by comparison. Really! > > > > So, the transmission was not shifting due to any input from the throttle. > > It was simply shifting based on a rev limit. So, it didn’t know I was > > accelerating and it never made it to third because I didn’t ever reach > the > > rev limit for 4th. > > > > WOW! You guys are great! Thanks so much to Jamie and Meade!!! > > > > Now, I need to figure out the big clunk when it downshifts when I’m > > slowing down. Is that some sort of transmission mount? > > > > Donald H. Snook > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://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 > > 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 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
