First time poster, hello all, very happy to have stumbled across this site! I am 'refreshing' a '67 230SL Auto, and, among other things, have discovered the throttle linkage keeps the foot pedal from contacting the kick down switch by about 1 1/2 inch. I CAN engage the switch if i exert what I think is way too much pressure....I'm then forcing the linkage to bend. This can't be right....I find information in the MB workshop manual in sections 27-4/7 and 30-3/1, but that doesn't really get me where I need to be. I'm in the middle of Alaska, so there isn't another car or owner I can reference. I'm missing something....like grey matter, but that's another topic. Any advice or directions would be great. As I muddle along with this car, I'm finding just about everything is in disrepair...brittle, broken, out of adjustment, no numbers on the block....it just won't stop....Thanks, Steve.