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08-29-2007, 11:04 AM
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83' 4spd 3rd gear hits blank spot?
I'm having a ploblem when shifting to 3rd gear on my 83' 240D 4spd.
when shifting into 3rd gear, normally you can push the shifter all the way to the right and up into gear. But if you do that, it just slides on past third gear and off into a blank spot. is there like a shifter guide or something? 
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08-29-2007, 12:23 PM
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I would look at the rubber "gromits" on the tranny shift arms that connect the shifting rods to the shifter.
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 1985 Euro 240D 5 spd 140K 1979 240D 5 spd, 40K on engine rebuild 1994 Dodge/Cummins, 5 spd, 121K 1964 Allice Chalmers D15 tractor 2014 Kubota L3800 tractor 1964 VW bug "Lifes too short to drive a boring car"
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#3
08-29-2007, 05:17 PM
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everything looks good... unless i'm just totally missing something?
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#4
08-29-2007, 07:02 PM
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Pull the boot up and take a peek at the shifter mechanism. If you cant find anything on the outside, maybe its in the tranny. Think I would crawl under and have someone go through the gears and make sure its not in the linkage.
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1985 Euro 240D 5 spd 140K 1979 240D 5 spd, 40K on engine rebuild 1994 Dodge/Cummins, 5 spd, 121K 1964 Allice Chalmers D15 tractor 2014 Kubota L3800 tractor 1964 VW bug "Lifes too short to drive a boring car"
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#5
08-30-2007, 11:46 PM
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Crap! I hope not, the car's been mechanically sound until now.
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#6
08-31-2007, 01:07 AM
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Check the adjustment of the shift linkages and arms too.
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1979 240D- 316K miles - VGT Turbo, Intercooler, Stick Shift, Many Other Mods - Daily Driver 1982 300SD - 232K miles - Wife's Daily Driver 1986 560SL - Wife's red speed machine
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08-31-2007, 09:17 AM
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usually, the proper way to shift into 3 is go to neutral, release the shifter then push up on most standard H tranny's all the way to the right pushes you into the R gate. where is R on a MB 4sp?
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#8
08-31-2007, 10:10 AM
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 I pulled into a driveway to turn around, requiring backing up, where the hell is reverse ?? One doesn't usually think about pulling up on the shifter, at least I didn't.
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1985 Euro 240D 5 spd 140K 1979 240D 5 spd, 40K on engine rebuild 1994 Dodge/Cummins, 5 spd, 121K 1964 Allice Chalmers D15 tractor 2014 Kubota L3800 tractor 1964 VW bug "Lifes too short to drive a boring car"
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#9
08-31-2007, 11:31 AM
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Underneath your car at the tranny there's 3 L shaped rods that hook into the tranny shift levers. Possibly one of the rectangular locking washers broke or fell off a rod, happened to me once. If so, they're the same as used on the the AT single cable actuator. If you need a quick replacement until you get the real thing you can use a locking c washer. I did that but never trusted it.
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1981 240d Newport,RI
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#10
08-31-2007, 07:15 PM
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1979 240D- 316K miles - VGT Turbo, Intercooler, Stick Shift, Many Other Mods - Daily Driver 1982 300SD - 232K miles - Wife's Daily Driver 1986 560SL - Wife's red speed machine
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