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Old 10-11-2008, 06:11 PM
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126 SDL Broken Speedo Interchange

Hello All,

So I was doing some work on the SDL and decided that painting the instrument needles and changing out the instrument lights sounded like a fun job. Everything went fine till I went to put the speedo needle back in and I broke the shaft that holds it in

I now have it glued in at 65MPH (better than no needle I figured) but how do I go about repairing this issue? I know that it's not as simple as just getting another speedo, it has something to do with the rear differentials but how do I know what cars will work or won't work?

Thanks for any help,

Matt

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Out to Pasture:
1982 300D KIA (Rice Rocket vs. 123: He hit me at 80-100MPH I walked away he went to the hospital. Sounds fair to me!)
1985 300D EURO Scrapped (got more money from state than car was worth)
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Old 10-11-2008, 07:18 PM
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Hi Matt,

I did the same thing. IIRC I gave you the original speedo. Maybe Palo Alto speedo can do something with it so you have no downtime. It shouldn't be too hard to find a speedo from an 86-87 SDL, I did. 90-91 350s also have a 140mph speedo but Nitske and Barrett say they have a 2.82 diff vs the 86-87's 2.88. My math says you'll be going 2% slower than the speedo indicates, 0.5% of which will be offset if you're still running 225/60 tires.

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Old 10-11-2008, 08:03 PM
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Hey Sixto,

I think you did give the old speedo but I put it in a safe spot and well you know how that goes.

I figure that as long as it's close that's all that matters. I'll see what I can find.

Thanks!
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1987 300SDL
1980 450SEL

Out to Pasture:
1982 300D KIA (Rice Rocket vs. 123: He hit me at 80-100MPH I walked away he went to the hospital. Sounds fair to me!)
1985 300D EURO Scrapped (got more money from state than car was worth)
1979 & 1980 300SD Great Cars!
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Old 10-11-2008, 09:54 PM
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http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/pts/866985159.html

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300d 300sd 300e 300sdl parts.77-87 - $20 (pittsburg / antioch)
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77-85 ,240d,300d,td,sd,e,se,. Parts Motor trany, lights, body parts.

Also 86-87 300d,sdl.as well. Everythimg you need call,925-783-6682.Jeff.
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