Sounds like a B2 piston issue.

I would check into that as well as your linkages.

See links for more details.

http://mbz.org/articles/transmission/b2/why/

http://articles.mbz.org/transmission/b2/repair/

http://www.dieselgiant.com/Mercedesb2pistonsealreplacementl.htm

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