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Not sure if pimping my own auction is allowed, and I wouldn't normally, but thought someone here might be interested. I've got an Ebay auction for a 7 seater conversion for W124 estate, mushroom leather, facelift pattern. Buyer to collect from E2. Mercedes Benz 7 seat kit for W124 estate...

I've got a set of four genuine Mercedes Mekab 17 inch alloy wheels to sell. These have Good Year Eagle F1 Asymetric 2 tyres in a size to suit a W124. Hardly any miles on them as I sold the car a couple of months later. Pointed star centre caps are included. They have previously been spray...

I've bought a Porsche and I only have one parking space at my flat, so my excellent W124 Estate has to go. Painted in Smoke Silver metallic with mushroom leather upholstery. Loads and loads of detailed pictures are here https://www.flickr.com/photos/bluequinn/sets/72157651028371800/...

And so my engine woes continue. Having had a good few weeks of a perfectly functioning car it's decided to break again. This time it's stalling. Doesn't matter if the engine is hot or cold. It runs perfectly smoothly but at parking speeds, or when stopped at a junction (!) the engine just...

My 300TE-24 wants more money :-( There are a couple of symptoms: A smell of petrol inside the car. I lifted the bonnet tonight when I got home and there was a fuel leak under the air cleaner on something that joins the inlet manifold forward of it. When it's being driven in traffic, if...

Hi all, I've searched but cannot find a definitive answer. I'm not really sure how this works. I've put W210 Mekhab 7.5x17 inch alloys on my W124, with 225/45x17tyres. And they look sensational. :-) Should I inflate these to the same pressures as indicated on the petrol flap (34 front /...

The S124 passed another MoT last week, which I'm pleased about, but more oil leak advisories this year! I seem to be chasing oil leaks round this engine. Having fixed the cam cover, timing cover and oil level sensor leaks I now have one from somewhere near the oil filter. I guess it's...

Another issue with my car, possibly. Had a new head gasket before I bought it, and a full service in January at which time the oil sensor at the bottom right of the engine, the cam cover and timing cover gaskets were replaced. I have (or had) a gloriously oil tight M104 motor, and sufficient...

My cruise control refused to turn on yesterday during a motorway run at 70mph. Slightly annoying but I pressed on, thinking it might be the switch. Then an hour or so later I tried it on a 60 limit and it worked fine. Any ideas? The car is a 1990 S124 300TE-24 with no ASD/ASR and the 4...

I got an orange warning light yesterday to tell me that the coolant level is low, and sure enough it is. The expansion bottle is almost empty. The temperature stayed just above 80, good oil pressure, no problems driving. I checked this morning and there's no mayo on the filler cap or...

Picture the scene. I'm at some traffic lights, in neutral. When they turn green I put the car into D and prod the accelerator pedal. Instead of the expected forward motion there is a huge BANG and I lose all drive, forwards or backwards. The RAC man who rescued me and towed the car home...

This connector has broken plastic and therefore can be wired either way round. Is this the correct way? Thought I'd make sure before I seal that oil leak.

Has anyone got a driver's side headlamp wiper arm for a W124? Trying to remove my driver's side wiper arm so that I could refit it so that it parked in the right place, I managed to snap the cast bracket thing off. Failing that, what's the part number? I can't find it on that russian site.

What likely causes are there for my car to overheat? I'll tell the whole tale in case anything is a clue. I came off the motorway where the customary 80 degrees showed on the temp gauge and into a traffic jam, where it got hotter. This I expected, but then the needle kept rising into the red...

My 300TE passed it's MoT today, which I'm very pleased about, but while it was on the ramp the tester showed me that the hard breather line from the fuel tank to the filler was very rusty. (Annoyingly this was an advisory on the old MoT and the vendor told me he had sorted it.) The thing...

I've no idea what the proper name for them is, but I need a new one as mine has been broken by folding the seat up carelessly. That plastic socket/holster thing on a W124 estate rear seat that the seat belt buckle is attached by elastic to. I need one for the right (narrow) seat, to match a...

A quick question. Should a W124 light up the gear selector position on an auto? I noticed the other night that I can't see where my gear selector is at night. The figures are lit up but shouldn't I be able to see if it's id D or 3, etc? Do W124s have this? My old Rover had a little red...

I found this morning that my W124 estate 300TE-24 (non-cat model) has a pretty big leak from the fuel tank. It wasn't there at the weekend. It's coming from the left hand side (looking forwards) where there are 3 rubber pipes connecting to it. It could just be one of the hoses or it could be...

This morning, not far from my home when the engine would not have been too warm I was coming up to a set of lights and they went green but the car in front was a learner who stalled their car. No problem I thought, but then I saw all my dash lights on and realised my engine was no longer...

Driving from London to Richmond yesterday, about 12 miles, fairly free flowing traffic, when I parked up in Richmond the right hand side of the car seemed very hot, and the wing was very hot as well as the bonnet. I know that side has the exhaust manifold on but is this normal? There's a lot...