On Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 06:05:58PM -0400, Levi Smith wrote: > OK, for some reason I was thinking the tranny in my 83' 300D was a 4 speed. > It's shifted rather hard since I got it more than a year ago. Then the > other day a thought occurred to me and I paid more attention today. Sure > enough it seems like I only have (or am using) 3 gears. If I had to guess, > I'd say I'm missing 3rd as it's always hardest shifting into top gear. So > what I'm wondering if that's why it clunks so hard is because it's dropping > from 2nd into 4th. > > Am I stoned and this is only a 3 speed? Or have I somehow lost a gear? If > I lost a gear, how the heck can that happen?
Your car starts in second gear unless you punch it really hard from a start or have manually selected 'L'. It is a four speed. If it's a manual, we really need to work on our clutch skills if it's shifting hard :) K
