Anyone have any detailed info on the new MB 7 Speed tranny. There was a brief write up in The Star on it. Sounds pretty cool.

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Jason Priest
1999 E430
1995 E420 - retired
1986 420SEL - retired

Whoa, cool... 3 more speeds to eventually mess up.

...how MUCH it co$t$ when third gear goe$ out?

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'91 420 SEL @ 199K, '92 SVX @ 181K, '93 SC400 @ 86K, '93 Kaw ZX-11 @ 30K, '87 F250 @ 181K , 2001 Valkyrie Interstate @ 6K, Y2K Honda NightHawk 250 with 1.5K, '88 420SEL I.@ 179K & the 2nd latest, an '88 420SEL II.@ 210K runnin' parts car, '85 F150 300/NP435

*cough*Allison-licensed design*cough*
Allison did make a 7 speed tranny for fire trucks and tour buses way before the MB 7 speed was announced.

Found this on it:

http://mbspy.bacosys.be/7g.htm

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Jason Priest
1999 E430
1995 E420 - retired
1986 420SEL - retired

It's almost like a Allison, the Allison WTEC II/III series of bus and truck automatics do have electronics in them with a external ECM for shift control and redunancy in them.