65CrewCabPW wrote:
Well, what age is your motorhome? Most anything built after about 71 or 72 has a decent part throttle downshift. It sounds like your kickdown linkage is not properly set.
Of course, you can always just use the shift lever and hold it back to the speed you want and then manually shift.
Oh, and the dipsticks I've seen with a sensor on the end had some lines and holes in it and you had to fill to one of those markings. It has been so long, I no longer recall any of the details.
1976 MB400, 440-(? SN claims a 1 but I've read here that needs to be verified by checking the eng. casting no...) The coach is a C-class Beaver Monterey, 23'.
I'll check the throttle kickdown but If I remember, there wasn't much there and the tranny just jumps straight to 3rd w/in the first 15mph... then again, I think it's a 4.56 rearend with my 3K rpm @ 55mph which doesn't help!!!
I'm checking the tranny levels as I do have a leak and notice the tranny starting to slip off the line. As the dipstick is 'electrical' and I need to pull the DH, I would love to know if there were indeed an idiot light to tell me when the level is low before it began slipping. I really don't think there's anything below the radio but I'll check. I've also taken notes on the trannyleaks and will address these and perhaps the dipstick will then become a moot point.
