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Originally Posted by lino
He said it was never designed to be that way and recommended against it. I didn't feel comfortable going against his judgement since I've never been in a car that started out as 2nd gear start tranny and was converted to a 1st gear start.
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In 1991, MB themselves "modified" these transmissions to start in first gear. It was a simple change to the valve body and was arguably really more of an UNmodification than a modification. Our '91 300E starts in first gear and I find it preferrable.