[R129 SL] 300 SL

[Tom Reynolds]

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Or can you take the gear selector from Drive to 1 and back to Drive and it
will start in 1st, then automatically go up through the gears?
Tom Reynolds
Hereford, AZ

At 08:56 AM 07/14/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>
>Actually, the car starts off in second gear unless it has been modified
>to start off in first. Mercedes has been doing this for some time.  Try
>taking off slow from a dead stop and then quickly apply full throttle
>engaging the kick-down switch(passing gear), and you will feel the car
>downshift to first gear.  Or ask any Mercedes mechanic.  You can modify
>the valve body to start off in first gear at all times if you like.
>
>Damian Seipel
>Yamaha Motor Corporation
>1270 Chastain Road
>Kennesaw, GA 30144
>Direct: 770-420-5714
>Fax: 770-420-5761
>www.yamaha-motor.com
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Satish Tummala [mailto:satish@tummala.net] 
>Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 8:55 AM
>To: r129list@mbcoupes.com
>Subject: RE: [R129 SL] 300 SL
>
>Yes, it starts in first.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: r129list-admin@mbcoupes.com [mailto:r129list-admin@mbcoupes.com]
>On Behalf Of Alvamike@aol.com
>Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 7:57 AM
>To: r129list@mbcoupes.com
>Subject: Re: [R129 SL] 300 SL
>
>
>Adam and all,
>Is the car supposed to START off in 1st??  I think I figured out the
>problem with the shifting.  I found the rubber cover over the vacuum
>modulator was very cracked.  I replaced it and it shifts 1000%
>better......but it starts in 1st.  Is this right??  Runs great !!!! Mike
>in Morgantown, PA
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