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Originally Posted by moon161
Bit late to ask, but did you make sure the 5-R arm on the side of the gearbox was screwed in tight and had no lost motion? That was the source of one of my headaches.
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I remember your thread on that. I think mine's OK as I know the chap who pulled the gearbox to bits!
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Originally Posted by Jay Gibbs
I know Mercedes is "standardizing" many parts...the wings you refer to may have something to do with the reverse light switch, which may be on the left or right side, depending on which shifter configuration you have. MBZ is probably just manufacturing ONE part now that CAN be applicable to multiple shifter applications by just modifying (removing one wing) for the specific shifter- as you observed...
J.G.
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I hope Mercedes has started to standardise this part because I'm going with option #2 listed above. The "wing" as I'm calling it is staying in place and the cheap housing is being fitted to see if it works.
The wings fit inside the housing and help with a pivoting sliding motion for the lever as you slide the shifter from the left to right