HELP!!! My 300TD is stuck in 1st gear!(4-sp manual) The gear shift won't move sideways or front to back at all, and while the position it's in looks more like neutral it is definitely in 1st gear! I can start the car (with the clutch in) and clutch out just like normal, so i can drive her but not shift. Information of uncertain value: I topped the brake/clutch fluid up yesterday upon noticing it was getting lower for the first time i'd noticed. There also seems to be a slight bit of leakage around the line that comes away from the clutch pedal. Any ideas, anyone?

Aaron

Something has probably slipped or come disconnected in your linkages. You'll need to crawl underneath and get a good look at the shift rods and connections.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

If the clutch feels normal it's probably the linkages. If it feels too soft it might be the clutch itself, maybe a master cylinder failure or a fluid leak somewhere... depends on what "slight leak" means to you.

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1983 Mercedes Benz 300SD - Wife calls him "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"
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1983 Toyota Tercel (Tommy, The little Toyota that could)
1965 Ford F100 (Grandma Ford)
2005 Toyota Sienna (Elsa, Wife's ride)


Gone:
1988 Toyota Pickup
2004 Subaru Outback

1987 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham
1986 Volvo 740 GL Station Wagon - Piece of junk.
1981 Volvo 242 DL 2 Door - Hated to see it go. R.I.P.
1987 Pontiac Fiero GT

Either one of the above sound resonable.

Not on a Mercedes; when this happend to me it turned out to be one Linkage Lever was loose on the one of the Shafts. The Lever moved when you shifted but the Shaft did not.

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