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08-07-2007, 04:22 PM

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i think that the "S" switch engages 1st gear.

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08-07-2007, 07:31 PM

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If its anything like the W210 selector it will push down on a plastic pin that compresses a sprung contact to make or break.

I'd leave well alone.

No, mine is simply a slide switch. Thankfully, no mechanical mumbo-jumbo or mid-90's MB engineering. Sliding the E/S Switch just moves a simple slide switch.

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i think that the "S" switch engages 1st gear.

No offense David, but I hope to read other opinions as well. Somehow I remember it as "E"very gear (1st gear start) and "S"lippery roads (2nd gear start). Dumb, I admit but I'm hoping to get confirmation. The E/S is not intuitive.

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