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Hello, It is with great regret that the time has come to sell my 1991 300TE (S124). Unfortunately, due to moving house and not being able to fit the vehicle into my garage, plus a forthcoming company car allowance and a 5 year age limit, the 124 has to go as I only have room for one classic on...

Hi all, Decided to complete a simple oil change on my 300TE, only to have the sump bolt round off!! Anyway, I left it for a few days and looked up online how other people have overcome the problems. Below is a quick youtube video I uploaded with how I resolved the problem on my W124. Thought...

It was that time of the year again, a year since I purchased my 300TE and time to MOT the vehicle. I spent a saturday checking things over, hammeriting a few bits and pieces on the underside and treating the car to a service. I booked her in today to Autospec (Bristol) for the MOT. I receive...

Hi All, Just wanted to regail you with an experience I have recently had with my W124 and the heater. Due to various reasons, the heater has not been blowing hot. This occurred after the car had been sat idle in the garage for nearly a month. Anyway, a quick check when the heater dials...

I have a 1991 300TE, which is very clean underneath, is good mechanically and needs just careful maintenance to keep it happy. There is some rust on one of the arches (both on the outer area, which is a surface blemish, and some on the inner arch, which seems a little more severe). There is...

Hi there, A colleague of mine has a 1999 W168 A140 that has an annoying problem. The remote central locking has recently stopped working (replacing the fob battery has not resolved the issue) so the car has to be unlocked via the door lock. However, this sets the alarm off, which continues to...

Hello, I have had an annoying waterleak that I tried to trace today. Basically, my footwells would fill with water (not horrendously) just a small bit in the bottom, sort of in the middle. Today, I decided to see if I could find the source of the problem. 1 - I removed the battery 2 - I...

Hello, With the engine off, the pump will only work sometimes to either fully lock or unlock the car, only the door you unlock will unlock. However, when running and the engine is producing a vacuum, the doors will either unlock or lock depending on the previous position of the drivers side...

Hello, I've recently had both the front springs on the front of my 300TE replaced. I bought some items from Eurocarparts in the end, as my local Mercedes Dealer (at Cribbs Causeway, Bristol) decided not to respond to any of my parts enquires. I had the work done by a specialist as the...

Hello, I rarely use garages, as I try to do as much as I can myself, a, because it's my hobby and b, because I have found it hard to find a good garage in recent years. My experience with Autospec Bristol has left me with renewed enthusiasm for Garage services on the whole. My W124 300TE...

Hello, I was completing a waxoyl and service on my 300TE today, when I discovered this. It explains the clonking noise over bumps, that I had just attributed to wishbone bushes!!. Right, the question. Are 300E Saloon front springs, the same as 300TE front springs? reason I ask, is Euro...

Hello, I am posting this with the hope it helps someone else solve the issue I had. Symptoms My new 300TE had a drivers door that would only shut with a reasonable slam, not the nice push my 200TE door would close with. I also noted that the drivers side door car was not fitted properly...

1990 Mercedes 200TE - In Arctic White Originally listed on eBay, but the buyer has made no contact, the vehicle is now being listed here to offer others the opportunity to purchase. Overview You're looking at a reasonable Mercedes 200TE. The car has covered 152,000 miles from new, drives...

Hello, At the garage that I bought my 300TE from, I spied a rather nice, dark metallic blue W210 200 Kompressor, at Classic trim level. I was chatting with the propietor about it, noted it was a 2002 model and remarked that it is probably better built than the earlier ones. He was suprisingly...

Hello, This problem relates to a 1991 (August 91 registered) W124 300TE. If you have the interior light switch on the dash, set to the 'come on with the rear doors and boot open' position, you'll get a strange buzzing from behind the dash (which sounds like a slightly strangled lights on...

Hello, After nearly a year of very successful, cheap W124 ownership, I decided to buy another one, with 12 months MOT. This time round, I have opted for a 1992 300TE. I currently have a 200TE and after taking the 300 for test drive, was pretty much sold on the extra power and lazier drive...

Hello, I am currently debating what to do with my W124 200TE. It's a fantastic car that has not put a foot wrong in the year I have owned it, but I feel the next MOT may be a failure due to the rust on the suspension pipework, not a big issue as it is something I am more than capable of...

Hello, Having come to a W124 200TE, from a heavily electronically managed Vauxhall Omega 2.0 16 Valve, which had numerous sensors, catalyst, coil pack etc etc, to a Bosch KE Jetronic, non catalyst Mercedes estate, it's nice to know that sometimes the most drastic of faults, are the simplest to...

Hello, Hopefully a quick question. Very nice as my self levelling suspension is, there will come a time when I need to replace a lot of the pipework and possibly the spheres. Now, I rarely load the car up and usually only every carry my dog in the back, so the self levelling is rarely...

Hello, My W124 200TE had a rather annoying incident the other day, where the drivers side electric window stuck in the down position. Anyway, after trawling through some old threads on here, I got the door card off and found that if I pull on the loom that goes to the motor slightly, the...