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 […]
