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| View Poll Results: Does your 722.3 ('81-85) start in first or second gear? | |||
| Transmission always starts in first gear |
   
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40 | 78.43% |
| Transmission starts in second gear unless pedal is mashed........then it drops to first |
  
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11 | 21.57% |
| Voters: 51. You may not vote on this poll | |||
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12-10-2009, 11:44 AM
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722.3 in '81-'85 turbodiesels W123 and W126
Two possibilities:
1) The transmission always starts in first gear. 2) The transmission always starts in second unless the pedal is pressed..........and then it drops down to first. Please vote and kindly note the year of the vehicle when you do. Also, if you don't own one of the vehicles in the title, please avoid voting. Thanks, B.C. Last edited by Brian Carlton; 12-10-2009 at 12:05 PM. 
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12-10-2009, 11:54 AM
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My '84 SD always starts in first.
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12-10-2009, 12:02 PM
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Using "all four gears" does not define whether the transmission started in first or second. Furthermore, "starting" in second does not mean "stays in second" when accelerating.
Last edited by tangofox007; 12-10-2009 at 12:25 PM.
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12-10-2009, 12:05 PM
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12-10-2009, 12:21 PM
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Before anyone insists that their transmission always starts in first, there are a couple of things you might try first:
1. With the car pointed down an incline, move off from a stop without touching the narrow pedal. Then count the upshifts until you should be in 4th. Verify you were in 4th by manually downshifting. If the transmission only shifts twice, you did not start in 1st. 1. Move off in D without touching the narrow pedal. Then select L or 2. If the transmission downshifts, you weren't in 1st.
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12-10-2009, 12:27 PM
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My 82 300TD always starts in first.
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#8
12-10-2009, 12:28 PM
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1983 300D (123.133, 617.952, 219k and original innards). Rests in second, immediately shifts to first upon pressing (not "flooring") the narrow pedal.
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James Marriott 2003 Buick Regal 1983 300D (228k, frau Auto) 1996 Suburban K2500 (192k, 6.5 turbo diesel/4WD towmaster 10,000) www.engineeringworks.biz 1987 300SDL junker 170k 1982 300SD junker, 265k
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#9
12-10-2009, 12:52 PM
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85TD. Always starts in 1st.
77 300d--always started in second and would only shift down to 1st with kickdown switch or moving selector into 1st.
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1977 300d 70k--sold 08 1985 300TD 185k+ 1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03 1985 409d 65k--sold 06 1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car 1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11 1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper 1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4 1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13
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12-10-2009, 02:14 PM
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Apparently, I'm starting in second and only getting to 1st when I mash the accelerator pedal. First confirmed appearance of first gear today.
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12-10-2009, 02:38 PM
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I adjusted my cable so it starts in first.
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1999 w140, quit voting to old, and to old to fight, a god damned veteran
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12-10-2009, 02:49 PM
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I'll go with option 2 for my 1982 300D, though the pedal doesn't have to be mashed, just pressed to downshift.
I tested it one day. If I put the transmission in D and took my foot off of the brake and let it coast, it coasts along in second gear. Then, I shifted into L from Dwhile coasting at about 5 mph and I could feel the rolling get faster. Then I put it back in D and it slowed down as it shifted into 2nd. I've heard the reason why it does that has to do with less brake pedal pressure being needed to hold the car in 2nd gear as opposed to 1st?
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'81 MB 300SD, '82 MB 300D Turbo (sold/RIP), '04 Lincoln Town Car Ultimate Sooner or later every car falls apart, ours does it later! -German Narrator in a MB Promotion Film about the then brand new W123. Last edited by H-townbenzoboy; 12-10-2009 at 02:56 PM.
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#13
12-10-2009, 05:04 PM
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My '82 W126 always starts in 1st gear; I adjusted the cable to make the car do so. It helps in these western NC mountains... especially when getting up from the highway and into the garage here just a few miles north of Mt. Mitchell.
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Respect, protect, and maintain complex systems - whether natural or of German design, to benefit from their full potential. 1982 300SD W126.120 with an OM617.950 from a W116.120 1984 300SD W126.120 with an OM617.951
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12-10-2009, 07:12 PM
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My '83 w123 always starts in first.
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12-10-2009, 07:21 PM
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Off topic, but the W116 300d will only downshift into 1st if you come to a complete and absolute stop. Some kind of pendulum switch somewhere initiates the downshift. But once stopped, it starts in 1st.
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1977 300d 70k--sold 08 1985 300TD 185k+ 1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03 1985 409d 65k--sold 06 1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car 1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11 1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper 1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4 1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13
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