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Originally Posted by DaveL
The tech called me this morning and said that the tranny is in the car, and works properly. HOWEVER - there is an electrical problem in the kickdown system, and this causes it to shift funny (or not at all...). He says that if you disconnect the electric control and rely on just the hyudraulic control, then the car drives fine (shifting properly including downshifts). He said that the kickdown selection was not as precise as it should be (with the electric disconnected), but it could be fine to run it this way for quite awhile without problems.
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DaveL, that description does sound like the kickdown switch and/or cable is unreliable. My E420 (722.366) had erratic downshifts when I bought it, issue resolved after replacing the kickdown switch. The shifts will be "off" with the switch disconnected of course... almost feels like you are flogging the engine and can't reach the shift point.
-DM