Pelican confirmed last week that the harness is NLA. I emailed them before ordering.

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1995 E300 Diesel

I (formally) asked my local dealership if they could put a form into Mercedes demanding them to make another run but there are no such channels.

I emailed Tom at classic center and he confirmed they have not been moved to his area and they are indeed "out of production"

Should we start contacting the manufacturer Delphi and see if the license has lapsed so they can produce them without the 'star'? I was told Delphi will not produce until the contract has expired with the car manufacturer, in this case Mercedes.

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1995 E300 Diesel

the harness is not too hard to redo. Its just wires.

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2012 BMW X5 (Beef + Granite suspension model)

1995 E300D - The original humming machine (consumed by Flood 2017)
2000 E320 - The evolution (consumed by flood 2017)

True Zulfiqar, but my connectors are also turning to dust..

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1995 E300 Diesel

You might want to contact Victor in the Bronx, from post #247 on this thread: MB Wiring Harness Failure

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78 W116 300SD 'Desert Rose' new as of 01/26/2014
79 W116 300SD 'Stormcloud' RIP 04/11/2022

All of the connector on these should be reusable. You have to unsolder the female sockets that are inserted into connectors, though. Definitely a time-consuming job but if you get the correct gauge wire and lay everything out, you can make it happen.

FWIW, I rebuilt an OM617 GP harness (much less complicated) and it works great. I haven't even checked if my OM606 has the updated version and if I'll need to rebuild it...

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'85 300TD "Puff The Magic Wagon" - Rolling Resto
'19 Mazda CX-9 Signature - Wife's sled
'21 Morgan 3-Wheeler P101 Edition
'95 E300d - SOLD
'84 300TD "Brown Betty" - Miss this one
'81 240D "China Baby" - Farm grocery getter

I wonder if there is a way to do a global part number search? Surely there is one sitting on a dusty shelf somewhere....?

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1995 E300 (W124)
1999 ML430 (w163)
2011 GL350 (x164)
2016 Sprinter 144" 4X4 lowtop (906)
2004 E500 (W211) 4matic Wagon (Gold)
2004 E500 (W211) 4matic Wagon Avantgarde (silver)

Keep an eye there.....they have to turn up in time.

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-- Chris

'95 E300, 216k miles, Silver Surfer
'05 E320 CDI, 138k miles
'07 S550 4matic, 69k miles

Gone but not forgotten:

'76 300D, 350k miles?, SOLD in 1995
'75 240D, 300k miles, SOLD in 1991