No surprise there. It's not a vacuum issue.......it's linkage, or an internal transmission problem.

sure, but worth a try nonetheless .

Is there a way to get the park pawl to disengage manually? (as in crawling under car). I guess here diagrams would help again.

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1982 300TD 210K miles ("The Replacement" aka "The Anvil") - SOLD
1979 300SD 245K miles (never ending project)
2007 Pinarello F3:13
1995 Ducati 916 (SOLD, sniff)
1999 Ducati 900SSie (SOLD)

Yes but the car won't start in R if you leave the safety switch hooked up...

I'd advise against this.

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I'm not a doctor, but I'll have a look.

'85 300SD 245k
'87 300SDL 251k
'90 300SEL 326k

Six others from BMW, GM, and Ford.

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Ok thanks. Since it's my brother handling the problem and he's got less time than me, I think barring a miracle idea that this will be heading to the Indy mechanic for a diagnosis and I sure hope it's something stupid otherwise might be figuring out what car is worth in parts. Another $1K in repairs does not interest me.

Thanks to everyone who responded.

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1982 300TD 210K miles ("The Replacement" aka "The Anvil") - SOLD
1979 300SD 245K miles (never ending project)
2007 Pinarello F3:13
1995 Ducati 916 (SOLD, sniff)
1999 Ducati 900SSie (SOLD)