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Thanks. I'll probably edit this out afterward. Not sure what the risk is in putting it out for the world to see, but there's bound to be some reason to not do so.

I'll be interested to see what you find, but I know damn well it shifts four times atfer starting in first. I've had the car ten years. I read somewhere that there were a few five speed transmissions put in these cars. I understand there were five speeds in later model E320s - whatever it was that came after W124. May be they put that transmisson in some of the last W124s?

I'm starting to believe the valve body is the culprit in this case also. Not sure I'm up to the task of cleaning myself though. Glad it worked for you.