Ginny-

Fantastic! I wonder how many older Mercedes were condemned to death just for this little issue? Not sure why the 1-2 shift would improve due to this- maybe its just your frame of mind...


Rick

PS - Buy some tools and keep checking in here

Also- might be a good idea to add the happy ending to your old thread so that anyone else searching later can find the result....

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