Pagoda SL Group

W113 Pagoda SL Group => Drive train, fuel, suspension, steering & brakes => Topic started by: w113abudhabi on March 26, 2015, 19:39:02

Title: Request for photos of 280SL Automatic Gas Pedal and Kickdown switch
Post by: w113abudhabi on March 26, 2015, 19:39:02

Dear fellow W113 owners

To help understand better and overcome some current issues I would be most grateful if the owners of automatic 280sl vehicles would share photos of their accelerator pedal and the kickdown switch. Currently the two are not contacting on my car so I would like to see if their are any parts missing from either the top of my kickdown switch or the rear of my gas pedal.

Many thanks for all responses,

Pierre

Title: Re: Request for photos of 280SL Automatic Gas Pedal and Kickdown switch
Post by: kampala on March 30, 2015, 15:45:10

Not great photos --- but you can see a working switch and profile of accelerator pedal. 

Title: Re: Request for photos of 280SL Automatic Gas Pedal and Kickdown switch
Post by: w113abudhabi on March 31, 2015, 04:00:41

Thanks kampala. Those pics are really helpful.

Title: Re: Request for photos of 280SL Automatic Gas Pedal and Kickdown switch
Post by: Madmerc on September 26, 2015, 02:47:49

salam wu alakum  ha bibi

Title: Re: Request for photos of 280SL Automatic Gas Pedal and Kickdown switch
Post by: JamesL on October 18, 2018, 12:40:17

Thread resurrection alert...

My kickdown is working fine. As long as I exert a little "inboard" pressure on the pedal. On checking the alignment, it is the rod to the rear of the pedal that is engaging the kickdown, not the flat rear of the pedal.
My initial though was that I had something missing from the back of the pedal rod - eg a flat "button" that provided a bigger/flat surface to engage the kickdown. However, the picture above suggests that it is the "board" of the pedal that does that job

There is a little lateral play (inboard/outboard) at the upper end of the pedal, not much but that does allow the pedal to "miss" the kickdown.

Does that make sense? - and what can I do to fix it?

Thanks