As I recall, DieselGiant had a repair video, or maybe it was an old Benz World posting with pics. Anyway, I would Google, or Bing, or xyz for "w123 odometer (or speedometer) repair" and see what turns up. They are fixable by you. I think MercedesSource may also have a video showing how to pull the instrument cluster out. I have been meaning to pick up a spare instrument cluster from a PAP or Ebay and clean it up just so I can pop it in and then work on mine at my leisure.
brian from laverne, ca
Mary (195K) Martha (280K)
1983 w123 300d's
Mary (195K) Martha (280K)
1983 w123 300d's
From: tsgbike <tsgbike@msn.com>
To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, April 5, 2013 3:23 PM
Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Odometer problems
Hello all,
I purchased a 1983 MB 300 turbo diesel about a week ago. The car had 194,900 miles on it when I bought it. As I was driving the car the odometer stopped working when it hit 195,000 miles (precisely). Both the odometer and the trip odometer. I can push the reset button on the trip odometer and it will work for about a mile or so, as does the odometer. In a 42 mile commute I racked up about 10 miles by doing this.
One thing that I did that may have an impact was I was trying to adjust the dash lights (same knob) and may have turned it too far. The knob did pop off in my hand as well as the spring, but I just had to press it back on. May be unrelated since it went 50 miles after that before stopping to work.
Any ideas of what is happening and if I can fix it?
Thanks
I purchased a 1983 MB 300 turbo diesel about a week ago. The car had 194,900 miles on it when I bought it. As I was driving the car the odometer stopped working when it hit 195,000 miles (precisely). Both the odometer and the trip odometer. I can push the reset button on the trip odometer and it will work for about a mile or so, as does the odometer. In a 42 mile commute I racked up about 10 miles by doing this.
One thing that I did that may have an impact was I was trying to adjust the dash lights (same knob) and may have turned it too far. The knob did pop off in my hand as well as the spring, but I just had to press it back on. May be unrelated since it went 50 miles after that before stopping to work.
Any ideas of what is happening and if I can fix it?
Thanks
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