Thread: C230 wont shift
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Old 08-09-2004, 08:11 PM
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You have a few options. The cheap way out is to dry it out. You can use compressed air if you have access to it, like a service station of some sort nearby with a compressor and just blow in there as best you can with whatever they have available. A hand-held hair dryer would help, not TOO hot, just nice dry warm air. If you are sure it was just WATER, it should be OK, if it was something sweet like sweetened coffee or soda, then it may need replacement.
MB did have a bulletin out about a shifter with better waterproofing, so if it doesn't dry out and work OK, you'd get a better shifter in it's place when you order a new one. I'm sure the new and improved ones are the only ones currently available.

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