I was cleaning out the old 300D, getting ready to move to Little Rock to finish my bachelors and house-sit for the next 6 months to a year, and while I was vacuuming the back seat on the passenger side, I find this cable hanging out of the plastic cover in between the front and rear doors. At first, I thought the idiot who used to own this car had left some co-ax cable (like used for cable on your television) under the seat when he was jerry-rigging something that broke (ive found a bit of that while trying to restore this pile), but upon closer examination, I found that it wasn't co-ax cable. The question is, what is it exactly? its thick, like co-ax, and has a simmilar looking end (its obviously the male end to watever its connected to, as it has a metal, cylindrical head with a thicker-than-co-ax metal prong at the end. I couldnt find where it hooked up, however, so I was wondering if you all could guide me. My initial thought was that it went to my stereo somehow, because the antenna doesnt work (and honestly, it looks like it would plug into the back of the head unit if the metal wasnt totally encompassing the prong), but I'm beginning to think that maybe it was a piece to a previously installed CD Changer, but I really cant tell. it runs all the way towards the trunk under the "kickpanels" along the rear passenger door.

Let me know if you can figure out what it is.

Many MBs were pre-wired for cell phones. The old kind with an antenna in the upper middle or the rear window.

Sixto

well damn. I hope thats not it >=(

Sounds like a celly antenna wire to me....

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91 350SD
14 F150 Eco
19 Fusion Hybrid
11 GT500

Yep, thats it.

Mine had it to.

Pain to remove since it runs all the way
to the back of the car.

Louis.

I have a similar one that's under the dash, passenger side, on the sedan, and also pops out on the left trunk footwell where the antenna is.

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Why'd you remove it? If it had been sitting there for many years without problems I'd say just leave it alone.

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'81 MB 300SD, '82 MB 300D Turbo (sold/RIP), '04 Lincoln Town Car Ultimate

Sooner or later every car falls apart, ours does it later!
-German Narrator in a MB Promotion Film about the then brand new W123.

Same here, only on my 93 Grand Cherokee.

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79 300SD - $50 out of pocket purchase
03 Dodge Ram 3500 CTD
2003 VW Jetta TDI

Mine is a wagon and the wire runs all the way to
the receiver part that was mounted in the area
where usually the 3 seat gets stored into.
Also the jack that the phone connected to for some
reason was run under the a pillar and was dangeling
near my head.
But most importantly to me was that I added a custom sound
system in mine and the extra wires aready in the car where
just in my way and causing confusion.

Louis.

The one I have seen under the passenger side dash looks like a connection for a CB radio.

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1983 Mercedes 300D
Atlanta, GA