Anyone have any experience with the cruise control on the early W123, can on left front wheel well? Think mine has a bad diaphram, any help, thoughts? Ron

I went through mine a few months back - tested everything and it turned out to be the amplifier. The 'can' should hold a vacuum - pull about 15-20 psi with a mighty vac and see if it holds - you should be able to see it pull and hold the throttle open thru the cruise control cable. If I remember right I had to run 12 volts to the connector - from the battery - to turn the cruise on, and then I pulled the vacuum. It should hold. You can also undo the screws and take a peek at the rubber diaphram - not hard to get to.

Ryan

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RG Newell

1984 300D
1972 250
1986 560SL
1991 300CE

Ryan thx
Ron

123 and 107 and 124 and and.....are notorious for failed CRUISE CONTROL......If unless you have big pockets, live without it!

on my 123 the cruise works fine until you roll the window down. then it kicks it out of cruise. What's the deal?

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1980 300d on veggie

Keep the window up.....

Do these vac. cannister type have a cruise amp? It appears similar to the style on my '79 Chevy PU.

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

My cruise works great - I bought a rebuilt amplifier (which I have discovered is usually the problem) from a company in Georgia for a reasonable price and it has worked fine since - link below.

http://www.benz-store.com/index.htm

Ryan

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RG Newell

1984 300D
1972 250
1986 560SL
1991 300CE

Thanks for link. You really should put your car type in your signature, so we can tell what you are referring to.

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John