250SE Auto transmission linkages part 2

After using yet another bulldog clip to temporarily move the car, I went to look in my parts cupboard and found that I had two of the upper bushings from my old 250SE Coupe that came with some parts.

They looked like the right part and had a 112 part number, so seemed correct. Like the lower one, it was quite an easy fitting.

It is also important to re-connect the neutral safety switch. All seemed fine, but after a test drive, the lower end of the linkage fell off again. I put it back on, so either:

I loosened […]

250SE Auto transmission linkages

Like most W111, my 250SE has a column shift. This means that there is a fairly complex set of linkages to connect the column shifter to the auto transmission.

After I had used the 250SE as a wedding car, one of the bushings for the linkages broke, so today my job was to fit the new ones I had ordered. This isn’t particularly difficult, but slightly harder on the cabriolet due to the transmission tunnel brace. I had previously parked the car by using a bulldog clip to hold the linkages in place temporarily.

The new bushing went on […]