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Old 11-19-2013, 11:57 AM
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Originally Posted by SD Blue View Post
From what I've read here, the modulator on the MB's, of this era at least, is designed to smooth the shift not to determine the shift point as is typical of U.S.-made cars.
You are correct for 85 or 90 percent of the transmissions being discussed on the forum, but from my experience the modulator plays a larger role on this model of transmission, where there is no control rod or Bowden cable.

With no other control in play, the shift points are controlled by the governor - which on this model is internal and not accessible/adjustable - and the modulator, and the vacuum to the modulator.
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