When I was playing with my Bowden cable I did tighten to a point where it basically would not upshift to 4th gear, but it was similarly delayed shifting into every gear. The tight cable made my car think I had the throttle floored, even when I was only giving a little gas.

The "flair" is a kind of slipping as it shifts to the next gear. As a result of the slipping in the transmission the engine rpms go up, or flair, in between the shift.

Bye the way, just last week I turned the modulator back, i.e., counterclockwise, by a half turn. I was worried that all the shifts were just a little too firm. I do have the slightest flair from 3rd to 4th, sometimes, but the rest of the shifts are just about right. I think I am going to stay with the half turn change. Last week they also dicsovered a leak in my evaporator, so I hoping the transmision hangs in there for another year or two.

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I just couldn't give up on my 1995 E320.

I think it might be like always going back to that same bad relationship with an ex girlfriend.
You feel you love them too much, or you are just too stupid to know any better.



Flickr slideshow of my 1995 E320
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24145497@N06/sets/72157616572140057/