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Old 10-22-2004, 09:57 PM
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kick down switch

I have a 84 300D turbo
Does this car have a Kick down switch?
If so where is it?
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Old 10-22-2004, 10:05 PM
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Are you referring to the one under the accelerator or under the hood?
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Old 10-23-2004, 07:24 AM
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I am not sure. The wireing diagram shows a Kick down switch and a kickdown solenoid. I cannot find either.
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Old 10-23-2004, 07:54 AM
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Admittedly, my car ('92 201) is completely different from yours...
But my kickdown switch is located under the accelerator pedal. It will take you about 10 seconds to check if yours is the same. Just lift the pedal, and you'll see it there, or you won't. It's easily operated with your finger once the pedal is out of the way.

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Old 10-23-2004, 09:11 AM
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I found the switch under the gas pedal. The carpet was over it and I could not see it.

Now where is the kick down solenoid?

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Old 10-24-2004, 09:20 AM
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I found the switch under the gas pedal. The carpet was over it and I could not see it.

Now where is the kick down solenoid?

John
Sorry, can't help you with that one.

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'92 Mercedes 190E/2.3 (247K miles/my daily driver)
'93 Volvo 940 Turbo Wagon (263K miles/a family truckster with spunk)
'99 Kawasaki Concours
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Previous Vehicles:
'85 Jeep CJ-7 w/ Fisher plow (226K miles)'93 Volvo 940 Turbo Wagon
'53 Willys-Overland Pickup
'85 Honda 750F Interceptor
'93 Nissan Quest
'89 Toyota Camry Wagon
'89 Dodge Raider
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Old 10-24-2004, 10:20 PM
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Solenoid is on the back of the transmission, to the right of the output shaft. It is kinda a two piece job. It has a coil that is black plastic with a single connector and thru the center is what looks like a bolt. This is actually the valve that the coil operates. They do go bad even when they check good electrically. The wire feeding the coil can also go bad. It tends to either get cut/pinched and thus open, or it will short out to the bracket it is tied to. If you sort out the wire, you will blow a fuse when you floor it. If you suddenly have full defrost heat, you have blown the fuse. Either #8 or #14, I can't remember. Not real cheap parts. Fastlane does have them I believe. And yeah, these cars can be real "exciting" to drive without a kickdown.
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Old 10-25-2004, 06:57 AM
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Thanks BobK
You decribed my problem to the tee.
It was blowing fuse #14 every time I floored the car. Found the wire pinched into. Fixed that and everything is alright.

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Old 10-25-2004, 08:44 PM
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Bad thing was how long it took me to find the problem. Just hate to put the car up high enough to crawl under the transmission and work on it. Even worse was fixing wife's SL. That car really sits low and I had to replace the solenoid coil and valve on it. Still, it was a cheap fix and it's nice to get one from time to time.

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