Yesterday I purchased 2 auto trans shift linkage bushings from the local MB dealer for my 94 E320. Don't have the old ones out so I can't compare to new, but the new bushings look like the flared ends of 2 trumpet horns facing each other seperated by a short spacer. Are these the correct bushings?

regards,

Mark

Yes. MB has used those for nearly 40 years, all the same up to the latest models where they are smaller for some reason.

A real bear to get in -- I remove the lever from the transmission as there is usually no room to get tools in anyway, and you might want to make a puller for the shift lever end from some washers, a small bolt (the bushing must compress some going in) and a spacer.

For the tranny lever, remove the clamp bolt after unclipping the control rod. Note which hole the rod goes in, there are several, pull the lever off the tranny, and use a socket and a vise to press the bushing it. Usually have to 'presuade' it some with a pair of needle nose pliers, too. Re-install. Clip on rod can be a pain, you need to push the rod through the bushing while forcing the clip on, and there is no room, of course...

Peter

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1988 300E 200,012
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1985 Volvo 740 GLE Turobodiesel 218,000
1972 280 SE 4.5 165, 000 - It runs!

Thanks, have never seen a bushing shaped like these, so it's good to hear that the counter man picked the correct ones.
regards,
Mark

The bushing locks into the levers in the slot between the "horns". Difficult to get in, but they never come out unless they fall apart.

Peter

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1972 220D ?? miles
1988 300E 200,012
1987 300D Turbo killed 9/25/07, 275,000 miles
1985 Volvo 740 GLE Turobodiesel 218,000
1972 280 SE 4.5 165, 000 - It runs!

I applied a coat of silicone grease to the outer tapered part of the bushing and the seating area of the hole in the shift lever and pressed it in with a vise and it went in pretty easily.

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Yeah that one's easy. Somehow I've never managed to learn how to get the whole car over the vice to do the one on the shift lever!

Spent half an hour on the last one and gave up, not enough room under there to get my old arthritic arms up into the drive tunnel while lying on a cold concrete floor. I could get one side in, but it would always "escape" while I tried to move the pliers around.

I'm gonna make a puller this week and do the one on the TE while I'm replacing torque links.

Peter

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1972 220D ?? miles
1988 300E 200,012
1987 300D Turbo killed 9/25/07, 275,000 miles
1985 Volvo 740 GLE Turobodiesel 218,000
1972 280 SE 4.5 165, 000 - It runs!