W126 transmission not shifting after vacation

[greasepirate1]

Transmission was shifting fine when I went on vacation for 30 days. I get back and transmission shifts from first to 4th. You can feel it trying to shift into maybe second but doesn't. It shifts perfect from the shift lever but not on it's own.
Anyone ever heard of something similar before and knows what it can be? I put a new filter and fluid in it but still the same.

Car is a 83 300SD

[cho]

Originally Posted by greasepirate1

Transmission was shifting fine when I went on vacation for 30 days. I get back and transmission shifts from first to 4th. You can feel it trying to shift into maybe second but doesn't. It shifts perfect from the shift lever but not on it's own.
Anyone ever heard of something similar before and knows what it can be? I put a new filter and fluid in it but still the same.

Car is a 83 300SD

strange... somebody played with your kick down switch..it may be stucked?
... or bowden cable?


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[Zacharias]

As I recall my '83 SD did something very similar when the adjuster broke at the head of the Bowden cable (cable went slack).