I just recently purchased a 82 500SL (which I was told originaly was from South Africa) and don't know all that much about them as it the first Mercedes that I have owned.

I was woundering if anyone could help me out with information on modifying my 500SL so it with start off in first gear instead of second?

Is it possible to be able to Modify it and be able to switch between the two?

Also I was woundering is it possible to add a fortifier to the Transmission fluid, or even use a slightly higher viscosity trans fluid to increase the fluid pressure and possibly make the shifts a bit more posative again.

The car has done 118,00 Miles

cheers

Damian