Hi-
I have a 1968 220D W115 which I believe has a 722.1 transmission (according to EPC). I believe my car used to start in second gear from a stop, but recently it started having trouble deciding whether to start in first or second gear. It sort of bounces between the two during an acceleration, which cannot be right. It does the same thing regardless of which "gear" you have selected on the shift knob (column shifter if it matters). It really got my attention when trying to put the car onto ramps for maintenance. It was a little scary because it wouldn't accelerate at all up the ramps, and then would find one of the gears and suddenly lurch up the stands (and almost off them). I guess on some level, I am worried I am losing the lower gears of my transmission.

A transmission fluid change will happen soon, but before I do that, I want to get all the throttle/tranny linkages adjusted correctly. For a normal (non-floored) acceleration, is my car supposed to start in 1st gear or 2nd?

Thanks to Diesel911, I recently picked up a copy of the ATSG guide for my transmission. Strangely enough, it has conflicting information about this very topic. On one page, it suggests that my car should start in 1st (the 220d/8 column). And two pages later it says the opposite (the 115.110 column). I have attached the pages in case anyone can help me figure it out. Any thoughts? Previous threads on the topic seem to disagree about this as well. Thanks.

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	ATSG722.1A.pdf (68.6 KB, 205 views)
	ATSG722.1B.pdf (55.1 KB, 160 views)

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1968 220D, w115, /8, OM615, Automatic transmission.
My 1987 300TD wagon was sold and my 2003 W210 E320 wagon was totaled (sheds tear).