Dancer Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Greetings from Lancashire. we are thinking about changing our trusted but ageing Elnagh Magnum 6 for an 05 reg Burstner t-star 695 (Merc 316 cdi sprintshift auto).Is there anything particular we should be looking for?Thanks in advance.Frank & Denise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Mercedes-Benz offered the “Sprintshift” robotised-manual transmission for several years, eventually returning to a traditional torque-converter automatic gearbox for Sprinters. Sprintshift seems either to have been loved or hated, and early versions were criticised for lethargic and/or abrupt gear-shifting, and having a mind of their own when it came to gear selection in automatic mode. A GOOGLEing using “sprintshift problems” as the search-term will retrieve plenty of ‘hits’ https://www.google.co.uk/?gws_rd=ssl#q=sprintshift+problems so I suggest you take particular care to confirm that the transmission of the Burstner motorhome you are interested in is in perfect working order. A cursory forum-search on “sprintshift” reveals that a number of forum members have owned Sprinter-based motorhomes with the Sprintshift transmission, so you may be able to get some hands-on advice from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancer Posted January 25, 2016 Author Share Posted January 25, 2016 Thank you Derek.Test drove the vehicle and if I used the throttle hard the changes were very violent but all went in. Gentle throttle and it was close to a perfect ride.Just found it seemed to prefer a higher gear in full auto than I would use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will H Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 We ran a sprint shift Merc for 6 years, easy to use and always worked well. My view is that one has to adapt to how it behaves, as with any vehicle, and adjust yourself to the way it wants to be driven. So many drivers expect all vehicles to be the same and they are just not so, even of the same make ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancer Posted January 26, 2016 Author Share Posted January 26, 2016 Thank you both. The deed is done. Collecting shortly. Sad to see the Elnagh go, but things don't last forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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