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Originally Posted by dieseldiehard
It is very possible that your looking at a failing harness. There is a thread about 140 harness failures but I hate to say it the 124 is just as prone to this problem.
In one week at the local Indy there were three (3) 124's all had wiring harness failures and all exhibited different symptoms. The most common are on the gassers under the hood and across the firewall. This is the result of bad insulation. If I had the harness info I would make looms out of Teflon wire and sell them all over the world 
You can check the harness visibly by cutting open the jacket at specific points, its possible you have another problem too just checking the harness is not a bad idea. |
The wiring problem affects most Mercedes models in the early to mid 1990's. The replacement part takes care of this issue so there is no need to get your wire cutters out. If you want to manafacture wiring harnesses maybee you could help out the hundreds of thousands of other car owners who's car maker no longer support their cars and have no replacment harnesses. This problem affects many other European car makers and not just MB.
One of the luxuries of owning a Mercedes is being able to easily buy parts on a car that is considered obsolete. Most car makers only support their vehicles for 10 years before you can only buy parts in the aftermarket.