Took the Oil pressure sensor/sender off the Old W124 (220TE) and used it to diagnose a dropping oil pressure on the 320TE 124,and apart from the main dealer giving me the incorrect crush washers it wasn't as bad a job as i feared, its a bit look where it is, then get your hand up and do it by feel , as well as restarting on the thread blind without losing the crush washer. Looks like a result Start on Idle and 3 Bars dropping to 2 on a hot Idle and going to 3 when revved hot just a road test when its Mot'd to confirm its sorted .no evidence of it dropping all the way to zero when hot as it did before
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Next job was the ABS light on ( not on start but when reaching about 7 mph ) ie when the computer checks the sensors and asks if we're all in agreement? obviously the answer is no, and on comes the light . I discounted the OVP as a suspect as the light doesnt come on until moving, so sensors were the first port of call so removed them and cleaned the front ones up, not that dirty ( especially compared to the ones on the 235k 220TE ), of which i was going to remove and substitute as they worked, but the ends ie the bit facing the reluctor ring was slightly different so binned that idea. However the wiring outer sheath was severely delaminating in a spiral fashion and had been taped over so this began to look suspect . Checked the resistance and found open circuit ( opening the connector was a hell of a game that alone took about 20 minutes of looking prying and inspecting and pulling
) I then looked for a replacement , not confident which one on E-bay, so rang up merc Yes can be ordered from germany at £159 + VAT =£190
Brexit and the exchange rate is costing me again
( how can brexit be worth it when the whole of the rest of the world thinks the pound is like the zimbabwe dollar ? ) so I decide to pass for just now thinking maybe FEbi or Meyle make them, but no luck there . I go Back to E-bay where a gentleman ordered 2 for his 129 "bought this and another one from breakers in Germany as I wanted to ensure I got one that worked OK - and they both did !!! .....hence I am offering this one for sale just to recoup the cost of what I bought it for " ) the part number matches what the Merc Dealer quoted me so for £29 inc P & P I go with that, so we await its arrival and installation to see if i can get the ABS light out and then an MOT Booked and then I can drive my 1994 Japanese imported 320 TE
..... hopefully
Boyd
