We were moving the 240 we just rebuilt the engine on out of the hanger. I was towing it and it was very hard. I thought the brakes were frozen, but apparently the tranny was stuck in reverse. At one time when I got going the 240 started bucking and belching. It was trying to start in reverse, IN THE FORWARD DIRECTION.

So the engine was turning backwards trying to start.

We quickly realized what was going on and pushed in the clutch. Later the car started just fine. No damage.

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Michael LaFleur

'05 E320 CDI - 86,000 miles
'86 300SDL - 360,000 miles
'85 300SD - 150,000 miles (sold)
'89 190D - 120,000 miles (sold)
'85 300SD - 317,000 miles (sold)
'98 ML320 - 270,000 miles (sold)
'75 300D - 170,000 miles (sold)
'83 Harley Davidson FLTC (Broken again) :-(
'61 Plymouth Valiant - 60k mikes
2004 Papillon (Oliver)
2005 Tzitzu (Griffon)
2009 Welsh Corgi (Buba)