Thread: Needing someone to help with w124 transmission vac/other issues in ohio
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Old 02-07-2012, 03:47 PM
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Usually happens when prowling for a parking spot, right?
Spot on...


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Yeah, next step would be to adjust both the Bowden cable and also the VCV per factory procedure, and see what that does:

VCV adjustment (note: engine does not have to be running to do this) :
http://www.w124performance.com/docs/mb/transmission/trans_VCV_adjustment.pdf

Bowden adjustment:
http://www.w124performance.com/docs/mb/transmission/trans_Bowden_adjustment.pdf


0-60 in 12 seconds is what it SHOULD do, nice to hear the car has normal power...
Thanks Ill try to get a start on this over the weekend.
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