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W124 Shift Lever Bushings
Hello All,
The Mercedes made it home and when I went to shift into reverse nothing happened, then park - nada- nothing. The shift lever was limp. Luckily I was able to turn around and pull into the drive way. Shut off the car. OOPS... Couldn't restart cause it wasn't in Neutral or Park. Was going to drive on the ramps I have... Wrong... Out come the jack.. Began to jack the car to get under.... (Did I mention the car wasn't in Park... The car rolled... OOOPS...Set Brake and Chock tires... OK.. Jack car... Place Jack stand under car... HMMMM... It's not high enough... Take out the lift thingy... OK... Car is firmly on support....Shake car.. doesn't budge... AHHHHH... something going my way... OH.. (Did I mention my 77 Year Young dad is trying to help me... Like why aren't the tires pointing straight ahead) Under the car I go.. OOPS... New Shirt.. Not a lot of room.. Get old shirt on... Ohhh looky.. Shift rod hanging from the transmission side.. Not the shifter side..OK... Hey where's the clip? Wheres the bushing? Got on the phone called Henry. I need a W124 Shift Linkage... He ask are you sure? Not the bushing and clip.... AHHHHHH sigh of relieve.... Yeap just the bushing and clip.. Their a few buck.. You can get them at the dealer faster... I said thanks for the tip. Called the stealer... They have them in stock (bushing and clips). Cool!!!.. Things are going my way... Bummer.. Only 15 minutes to get there before they close... OK.. Got to wait to tomorrow... LESSONS LEARNED.... The bushing and clips are cheap...Easy to check when your under the car. Looks like a relative easy fix.... (I've done some reading there's some work to getting the bushings to fit into the hole) Use a washer and long pliers to force it into the hole.... Soften up first in warm water... I'll finish this tomorrow maybe some pictures... Bobo __________________ 92 300D 2.5L I5 OM 602 W124.. OBK #59
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OK.. Got it done... The only problem is the lever indicator is off a bit..
The rod is rusty tried WD-40.. But it would only move a bit. Wouldn't screw far enough to line up with the 2 connector studs. But man there is no slop in the linkage.. It feels like a new transmission... Will post pictures later... Bobo
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92 300D 2.5L OM602 OBK #59 Last edited by bobodaclown; 01-27-2009 at 10:49 PM. Reason: added photos |
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I ended up grinding off a hair on the one side of the bushing with a bench grinder to get them to push in, I figured with the clip that holds it on it should be fine. This was after wrestling with it and trying to fabricate some sort of tool. Much nicer having a solid shift now.
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I have a picture of a tool in my profile album. Not pretty but worked great. Thanks
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83 300D 227,xxx miles, sold 86 300 SDL 130,000 miles, sold |
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later on i got a manual trans and switched to solid brass shifter bushings, and polyurethane bushings on the tranny end of the linkages |
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I softened the up in hot water. started one side then used a flat head screwdriver to compress and squeeze it in.
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92 300D 2.5L OM602 OBK #59 |
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The shifter on my '95 rattles going down the road so I know I will be doing this soon. I also need to do both on Smash. Sloppiest shifter I've ever felt.
Supposed to get the tool from Hitman if he ever comes back to Dallas......
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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 |
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My shifter rattles a little...this just started happening this month. I'll check the bushings...thanks for the tip.
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1993 W124 300D 2.5L Turbo, OM602.962 2000 Chevrolet Cavalier, 2.4L DOHC 2002 Ford Explorer, 4.0L SOHC 2005 Toyota Prius, 1.5L http://www.fuelly.com/sig-us/40601.png |
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no worries. There are 2 bushings. one at each end. It's amazing the difference when you change them out. (mine had gone bye bye)...
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What is the MB part number for the bushing kit Boba? Thx.
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1993 W124 300D 2.5L Turbo, OM602.962 2000 Chevrolet Cavalier, 2.4L DOHC 2002 Ford Explorer, 4.0L SOHC 2005 Toyota Prius, 1.5L http://www.fuelly.com/sig-us/40601.png |
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bushing: 1159920310 or W0133-1643678
clip: 000 994 41 60 or W0133-1643612 depending on the condition of the clip you might/might not want to replace it. The bushings are $2 and the clips are approx $1.20. You might want to check the stealer. They may be in stock and about the same price.
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Are the two bushings identical or different? Looking at the schematic on the Russian site they look different from each other.
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1993 W124 300D 2.5L Turbo, OM602.962 2000 Chevrolet Cavalier, 2.4L DOHC 2002 Ford Explorer, 4.0L SOHC 2005 Toyota Prius, 1.5L http://www.fuelly.com/sig-us/40601.png |
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They're the same. Post the link if you don't mind...
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92 300D 2.5L OM602 OBK #59 |
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I think my w124 uses shift linkage #173. Does yours?
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1993 W124 300D 2.5L Turbo, OM602.962 2000 Chevrolet Cavalier, 2.4L DOHC 2002 Ford Explorer, 4.0L SOHC 2005 Toyota Prius, 1.5L http://www.fuelly.com/sig-us/40601.png |
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Yes, mine uses #173. It's the first image in the 2nd post. Part #188 (bushing) is used in both places on the rod and so is #194 (clip). You can see the 2 different styles in the pictures I posted in post 2.
I used PB Blaster to loosen up the crud on the adjustment knob (on the rod) to get the pointing index (gear indicator) exactly right.
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92 300D 2.5L OM602 OBK #59 |
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