Yes - They idle in second, then immediatly shift into first as you
accelerate from a stop. i've adjusted the modulator on the hard side on the
assumption that the bands will last a little longer, and because I like
crisp shifts. The result is that the shifts are easier to count -- all four
of them.
I simply count the shifts (3) as I accelerate, leave the transmission in D.
Max
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Alex Chamberlain wrote:
On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 5:53 PM, Max Dillon wrote:
> Yes, I'm quite sure. After two fills of M1 ATF, it shifts very n
go.
Peter
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From: Alex Chamberlain
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Subject: [MBZ] Do '87 300Ds start in first or second? [was: A triplet of cheap
300SDs in Portland!]
On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 5:53 PM, Max Dillon wrote:
Yes, I'm q
Alex Chamberlain wrote:
On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Peter Frederick 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 kic
On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Peter Frederick wrote:
> W124 diesels start in first.
Not mine.
Alex
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>Subject: [MBZ] Do '87 300Ds start in first or second? [was: A triplet of cheap
>300SDs in Portland!]
>
>On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 5:53 PM, Max Dillon wrote:
>> Yes, I'm quite sure. After two fills of M1 ATF, it shifts very nicely.
>
>I'm
On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 5:53 PM, Max Dillon wrote:
> Yes, I'm quite sure. After two fills of M1 ATF, it shifts very nicely.
I'm baffled. OK, time for a poll. I know a half-dozen of the regular
posters and any number of lurkers have '87 300Ds and 300DTs. Whose
cars start in first, and whose in
