Recent content by CharlesJones

Thank you all very much for your responses. It really is great to be able to get advice from people who actually own or have had experience with the cars - it means I am getting first hand knowledge, which is invaluable. After reading the responses on this thread, and having trawled many more...

Thanks for the advice John. Yes, the 250TD is indeed manual, whereas the 220 is auto. Its interesting what you say about the diesels plodding on forever. With that in mind do you think the 170K mileage is more a significant figure for the 220TE than the 250TD? Perhaps 170K is more cause for...

Hi guys, I am torn between two w124 estates I have just viewed - one is a 1990 250TD and one a 1994 E220 estate, both with about 170K miles on the clock. I was wondering if you have any thoughts or advice about which particular model would be the best to own? I know there will also be a lot of...

Thanks very much guys - your suggestions have given me a lot of encouragement and hope, with some great ideas which I will try. Sp!ke - yeah, I wondered about whether it could be a reverse thread, but it doesn't mention it in the manual so I guess its a normal thread. I hope so anyway - I'd...

Hi everyone, I have a 1982 230E which needs a new water pump, but I can't for the life of me get the water pump pulley off. I have removed the fan and what you see in the photos is what I am left with. It says in the workshop manual that the pulley should now just pull off by hand, leaving the...

Hi, I still haven't solved my problem yet! Pressures of work has kept me til late most nights, so I haven't been able to give it the attention I would have liked. Anyway, over the last few days I was able to try a few things out at last, and this is what I found: 1) The lights which are lit...

Fitzcarraldo, I've just been and had a look in the little glove box owner's manual which came with the car when new, and it mentions the feature where the electric windows will open with the keys out of the ignition and the driver's door open, but it says "not with RHD vehicles". I can't...

Thank you all very much for your replies - they're all very helpful. I had been thinking I might have a faulty ignition switch, but having read your suggestions it looks like I need to look more towards the wiring surrounding that door switch. Fitzcarraldo, thank you so much for your response -...

Hi everyone, I am a newbie here, and have owned a w123 230E for about 6 months. The car is an absolute joy to own, but has recently developed a very odd problem where the engine refuses to shutdown even after I remove the key from the ignition. I have done search for this and found lost of...