I'm glad this made a big difference!! More than you want to know about adjusting the linkage is here: https://www.startekinfo.com/StarTek/outside/12265/disc_2/program/Engine/617/30-300.pdf
This is really useful if someone has seriously messed things up and you need to get back to a base line. Note section C is where the 300D turbo is referenced. The biggest issues I've found is that you no longer reach the full load stop on the injection pump. That is, with your foot to the floor, you don't make it to the max stop at the pump linkage. Have a look at this, as it can make a big difference in the amount of go. As mentioned, the clunk can be vacuum. Can also be a flex disc which is sloppy. You can check this by driving on flat ground ~40mph... if you press and release the accelerator to load and unload the drive shaft and hear a clunk each time, then you have to look at the driveshaft/flex discs. If its really only on downshift, then its likely a vacuum leak. Jaime 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 > > -- Jaime Kopchinski http://www.jaimekop.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
