Floor switch????
I didn't know there was one!!!
The rug on the driver's side has been bunching up!! That would be great if that was all was causing this!
I think it still needs a tranny service.
--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, Nate Rector <tccservice111@...> wrote:
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> Could be the floor switch stuck on.Check around carpet,rocks,gravel.
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> From: "Mark in Lakewood, CO" <beeser750@...>
> To: diesel mercedes <diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 11:37 AM
> Subject: Re: [diesel_mercedes] Tranny shifting
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> Does the fluid have a burnt smell?
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> It doesn't really sound like your car is experiencing the famously infamous "B2 Servo Failure". Â But, see if any of this rings a bell:
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> http://mbz.org/articles/transmission/b2/why/
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> Worst case, if you don't have the top gear, is a burned up clutch pack. Â When you drop the transmission pan (to change the filter), look for muddy grunge in there. Â If more than a tablespoon's worth is present, one of the clutch packs has, uh, "packed" it in....
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> Dexron/Mercon is the currently available fluid for these cars. Â You can also use the newer synthetic blends and pure synthetics, too (Dexron VI, Mercon V, Castrol's Import Car Transmission Fluid, etc.). Â I'd be leery about ATF+4, which is engineered just for Chrysler vehicles. Â Keep Type F away from there.
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> Of course, these cars LUUUUV either of the two all vehicle super-synthetics; Amsoil ATF and Mobil 1 ATF.
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> Mark in Lakewood, CO
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> From: "bmwsid" <sidcranston@...>
> To: "diesel mercedes" <diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2011 1:29:25 PM
> Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Tranny shifting
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> My '85 300 SD has started to shift a bit hard. Now, after passing something else, and holding the pedal to the floor, it will not shift to high. It now shifts at 4500 RPM. I put in Neutral and coasted home, accelerating and coasting till I got there.
> Any ideas? The fluid does look kinda dark. I didn't even know if it takes a different ATF, so I don't know what is 'normal'.
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