W140 As a daily?

[sc_rufctr]

Originally Posted by enzo1

Cool!. Please don't tell me how much You like it. I'm just looking for an excuse to buy 1. No pic's! They might give me an itch. HA!

.. lol

[enzo1]

Nice! I've been looking around Dallas but i'm picky!

[sc_rufctr]

Quick update! The best way I can describe it. Great car and yes it's big and that never goes away but it just does everything you ask of it. What really surprised me is that the turning circle is tighter than my Golf. It really is easy to live with.

There was a lot of dirt in the pile but it cleaned up well.



I recovered the drivers seat and fed the leather. Happy for now but I may redye all of the leather in the car because of cracks.

[GG Allin]

There was something wrong with one of your pictures. I've fixed it for you. Now the car looks normal.

[javadog]

^^^^ Oh that's much better. There is now order in the world...

[sc_rufctr]

Bahahahha

[slow&rusty]

Nice and clean! Great job

[zelrik911]

Originally Posted by sc_rufctr

She's a beast. I floored it to overtake a B-double & she was at 150 kph in a few moments.

I'm writing a to do list right now but as she stands she's pretty good. Everything works including the soft close function and central locking.
I got a full set of keys & service history as well.

A friend in melb. had one for many years. He loved it, but more or less gave it away last year . It didnt age well for him as it had endless vacuum problems, worst was that heater wouldnt turn off.

I guarantee this appliance is going to be at the top of your toolbox!!! This will test all of your teutonic DNA. Good luck with it.

[sc_rufctr]

I bought one days after buying the car but thanks anyway

[sc_rufctr]

So after nearly 4 years of new car reliability I now have to rebuild this wiring loom (it's NLA from Mercedes. ).

It's the lower one that goes from the battery terminal in the floor of the car to the starter motor and alternator. The smaller wires are for the oil level idiot light, oil pressure gauge and alternator. All of them have cracked and powdery insulation so the gauges and lights aren't working properly. The fatter cables are OK so I only have to replace the four smaller wires. The car was running fine but I wont drive a car with a flaky oil pressure gauge.

Note this is a different part number to your LHD cars because the starter motor on the RHD cars is on the left side of the motor (As you're looking forward sitting inside the car).

Now that it's out of the car it looks fairly simple but it was an absolute "basterd" to remove. I've heard from other owners that cars have gone to the crusher because this wiring loom became faulty. It was a lot of work to remove but I've never understood that kind of thinking. (I replaced the top main engine wiring loom soon after I bought the car)

[javadog]

The biodegradable wiring harness. One of the worst ideas Mercedes ever had.

[sc_rufctr]

Just quietly... I'm a bit miffed that this wiring loom is NLA.
- Good intentions or not "they" created the problem and now wont supply this as a spare part???

But I get why they no longer manufacture these for the RHD cars... It would be very expensive to have a bunch of these sitting in a warehouse somewhere that may never be ordered. The whole biodegradable wire thing was mismanaged from the start. I talked to a salesman at the local dealership. He used to be a dealership mechanic and he changed many of these under warranty more than 20 years ago. Apparently they had no end of issues with disgruntled customers.

Anyways, it could be a whole lot worse.
- Once this is done it would have cost me less than $400 to fix/replace both top and bottom engine wiring looms.

[SiberianDVM]

There's not a company out there that custom makes them?

Mike on Wheeler Dealers always makes it look so easy to find one............

[greglepore]

Its not the making the harness part that's difficult, its the in/out of the car. The upper harness is the opposite.
Delphi made harnesses for these cars, but no longer does, as most have been replaced. Its not an issue for post 96 cars, although some oddball harnesses are still subject (ie the adaptive damping harness on the v12's, as so few were made that the earlier harness lasted longer in production stock).

[sc_rufctr]

My upper is a Delphi (Manufactured in 2001)... I managed to find it locally for $300 (second hand). It took me about 45 minutes total to swap out. The original was OK but you could see that a lot of the insulation was missing.

[sc_rufctr]

Originally Posted by SiberianDVM

There's not a company out there that custom makes them?

Mike on Wheeler Dealers always makes it look so easy to find one............

Maybe but I have the tools to rebuild my own.

Just imagine what it would cost someone who can't work on their own car. $$$$

[greglepore]

Originally Posted by sc_rufctr

My upper is a Delphi (Manufactured in 2001)... I managed to find it locally for $300 (second hand). It took me about 45 minutes total to swap out. The original was OK but you could see that a lot of the insulation was missing.

When I pulled the ads harness from my 96 r129, it was more or less bare wires from end to end, amazing that it sort of worked...

[onewhippedpuppy]

I’ve never owned an MB prior to a W202, but I definitely need one.

[javadog]

Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy

I’ve never owned an MB prior to a W202, but I definitely need one.

Nah, nope, just say no...

[greglepore]

Hey Matt, I'll make you a deal anytime-come take one of my 12 cyls-either the r129 or the coupe-just leave the wagon or the 65 for me to drive.
Did you see Hoovies youtube on selling his 65?

Add'l MB thread drift-Roy Orbison's 600 is on BAT, very clean. Same seller that sold Elvis's last month, a collector from Bucks County Pa who is donating the proceeds from both cars to his food insecurity charity. A little Google reveals who he is, the real deal, and has already donated a housing facility in Philly.