[W126 Coupe] Passing Gear

[Steve Nervig]

Ernie, if your speedometer is anything like mine (W124), it should show the maximum shift point of all gears on it. There are little tick marks for each gear. See <http://web.mac.com/dakota/Trips/Day9.html#14>. See the tick marks between the MPH scale and the KPH scale? If you are somewhat below the 3rd gear tick mark in 4th gear (say 10-15mph below), and you floor it, it should downshift to 3rd.

If your downshift switch is working, I'd say that there is a vacuum leak maybe. 

Steve
1992 300CE Sportline


On Feb 9, 2011, at 6:11 PM, Ernie Stephens wrote:


> If what you say is true (and I believe that you may be), is there anyone out there that knows the fix?

> Ernie

> 

> On Feb 9, 2011, at 3:07 PM, Kent Kihl wrote:

> 

>> I haven't tried that for a while, but as far as I can remember, my 560 SEC

>> 1989, shifts down to third if flooring the pedal when I drive in 130/140

>> km/h and it doesn't shift up again until 160/165 km/h. 

>> 

>> Kent

>> Cape Town