Thread: Am I missing a gear? 1988 300 SEL
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Old 03-31-2008, 04:01 PM
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Originally Posted by philmin8or View Post
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Of the millions of questions this site has answered for me I couldn't find this one anywhere. I have an 1988 300SEL when cruising at 65 MPH the engine is running at 3600RPM's this seems high compared to just about any car I drive. If I manually dowshift from 4th to 3rd it will drop down a gear but it still seems like it needs one more gear.
thanks for your help
Phil


That's how it is... the M103 in the W126 is pretty gutless so it has to rev to keep going. Has a 3.47:1 rear diff if I recall.
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