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Originally Posted by babymog
Yes, that is possible. If the bowden cable is too tight or bound-up and unable to return to the low-throttle position, the transmission will shift as if the car is floored all of the time so you'll have to exceed the 3rd-gear maximum speed to reach 4th gear. Also, AFAIK only the 103-powered 124s did the 2nd-gear start, the diesel and M104-powered cars start in first. I don't know about the V-8s. |
The poster said, "The shift quality is okay, smooth, that is, but does seem to be a bit late at moderate throttle positions." If the bowden cable was that far off, the other shifts would not be just "a bit" late. I am assuming his description is accurate, since that's all we have to go on. The 300E had 1st-gear start beginning in 1991.