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Car Forum / Mercedes-Benz Cars / August 2005

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1990 300D 2.5 Turbo Transmission adjustment

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None - 04 Aug 2005 21:45 GMT
I have a 1990 300D 2.5 Turbo with a problem.

I was having a power problem with my 300D, and discovered a torn vacuum
line on the turbo actuator!  Fixed it and the power seems to be good.
However, I'm noticing the trans is shifting through the gears to 4th
before I hit 20 miles an hour, and even the firmest foot to the floor
will not initiate a down shift.

I can do it manually from the console, but curious if anyone can point
me to the likely component, or adjustment.  Could it be yet another
vacuum line.  I've looked but have not found one amiss.

The machine has 160K miles on it, and is running great, save this
little quirk.

Tim

P.S.  I won't go into detail, but my confidence in Mercedes dealer
mechanics is at an all time low.  A lot of Bozo working those things in
my experience.
Vincent - 05 Aug 2005 00:26 GMT
Re-check ALL of the vaccum lines and fittings. Today while tying to
solve an unrelated problem, I replaced a short section of line that
looked like it was probably okay but marginal. As a result, all of a
sudden my 300SDL is shifting much smoother and not clunking into gear
as it sometimes would!

Good luck!

> I have a 1990 300D 2.5 Turbo with a problem.
>
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> mechanics is at an all time low.  A lot of Bozo working those things in
> my experience.
Tiger - 05 Aug 2005 00:51 GMT
None - 09 Aug 2005 19:55 GMT
I've done a pretty thorough check of the system, and although I can't
be positive, I can't seem to find a leak.  I'll keep looking.  Is there
any components, tranny-wise, that I should suspect?  Any adjustments I
can make?
 
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