280te

not on ebay, listed as amg but has the amg kit and by the looks of it factory fitted. i think the estate looks rather nice with the amg kit. its the 7th car down and no its not my postcode...

Last week I put four new tyres on the car down at Costco. They couldn't do 4 wheel alignment so I thought I get it done this week. ATS/Euromaster said they could do it yesterday afternoon for £60 at about 2.30. I said I'd get there for 3.00pm just in case. The bloke said 2.45 would be fine. When...

Been lurking for a short while and thought I'd finally come and say hello. Just bought an L registered 280TE. No doubt I'll have lots of questions over the coming days/weeks but don't think I'll be disappointed as there seem to be lots of knowledgable people on this forum. Oh, the car has...

I'm surprised it has had no interest, although advertised in the wrong place on Ebay. I'm sure I remember someone here looking for an old 280te, could be wrong...

Hi, For a couple of years now I've had a recurrent gremlin with my autobox. Whenever the roads are wet and salty, like they are now, I loose the use of fifth gear. After the roads dry, out out of the blue, it again drops into fifth gear. Anyone any ideas? I can't complain it's done 240k and...

Hi, Yesterday all my dashboard lights went out. I've checked the fuses and all are OK. Has any one had any problems with the dimmer control on the clocks and is it tricky to get them out? Many thanks.

Hi, Just brought a 1984 W123 without an MOT. Aim to take her to Central Asia around Easter time, about 4,000 miles, for charity. Loads of things to fix, heres another one: After slamming the boot shut it now seems reluctant to open again. Tried opening with the central locking (still...

Hi, Just brought a 1984 W123 without an MOT. Aim to take her to Central Asia around Easter time, about 4,000 miles, for charity. Loads of things to fix, heres another one: Failed pre-MOT on the ABS warning light. Is this likely to be a sensor, if so where is the best place to start? Need...

Hi, Just brought a 1984 W123 without an MOT. Aim to take her to Central Asia around Easter time, about 4,000 miles, for charity. Loads of things to fix, heres the first: Failed pre-MOT on emissions, burning oil, kicks / spits oil out the back when reving. Also loads of oil around the...

I have just purchased a 1985 w123 280te with a manual 5 speed getrag gearbox. It is rusty but drives superbly. The engine and box are going in my 1961 220 se Coupe until i restore the original running gear (expensive). I have only ever heard bad things about manual boxes from this era but...

Hello, I've just bought my '85 280TE auto yesterday, and have counted the ratios on my drive back from Devon to Stroud, and there appears to be four steps: But at 70mph the tacho is reading 3500rpm, that is 20mph/1000rpm. Is it is actually changing into top gear I wonder? As this seems a...