1995 Mercedes E300D Online Parts Catalog?

[Old Barn Guy]

I'm looking for some MB part numbers for a variety of items I'd like to obtain for my car. In the past, I'd go onto the MB of South Atlanta site which had a digital catalog with blow-ups of assemblies including part numbers, descriptions, prices and availability. That seems to have totally disappeared, replaced by an email order form. I haven't found a similar online resource yet. Does anyone have any suggestions for an illustrated digital catalog with part numbers? Thanks !

[dieselbenz1]

How are things with you barn guy?

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[Old Barn Guy]

Originally Posted by dieselbenz1

How are things with you barn guy?

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dieselbenz1: Thanks very much for the reference! Just what I was looking for. Makes finding parts sooooo much easier!

I'm doing fine. Working on some issues with the car, the major one being the occasional self-locking of the car doors, especially in warm weather, when you leave the car and shut the door or when hitting a bump when driving. It's got me going around in circles. Can't forget and leave my key in the ignition! I've looked at the front driver's side lock set up, but it appears to be more likely in the vacuum pump function that I believe is under the rear seat. I have to look that over next.

Love the E300D model though I wish it had the leather seats--not the Mercedes plastic covering. But its a nice simple low-profile car that won't attract a lot of attention. Your intermittent wiper is working well, I'm happy to say. Did you ever do anything with the engine wiring harness?

[dieselbenz1]

For your door issue try moving the wires between the door and body by the hinge. it's a fairly simple system it's both vacuum to close and pressure to open. The electrical signals basically reverse polarity to open and close.

I look at the harness along with several others awaiting a time when I'm not so busy. you have a nice looking car by the way and the leather sears do show up in the reckers from time to time.

[Texasgeezer]

I've recently started having driver's door lock issues with my 95 E300D. 74,000 miles turned over this week. No time to troubleshoot yet, but probably will be broken wires in the flexible boot between door & body. My symptom is failure to lock from key in door. Unlock works good so far.

For parts diagrams I like to use partsouq.com ( based on serial # ) and oediscountparts.com. I prefer to order from pelicanparts when prices are close and oediscountparts for other benz brand parts. oediscount will use the serial # to help verify fitment, they were able to source several rubber parts ( insulation, bumper stops, etc.. recently ) from other benz dealers and Germany.

Both pelican and oediscount have been prompt and fair in pricing. I use pelican because of this forum.

It is sometimes hard to justify time required to fix the failures but the quiet ride & the fact that problem solving might delay ' old timers ' brain ailments provides the benefit for me. My spouse's new Prius and my neighbors 70,000 BMW sports car have more road noise. Regrettably I've never owned another car that was close to being as needy as this one.

My next projects will be to replace some or all eight of the relays on the convenience module that control window motion and new rotors, brake lines, pads, and fluid. I've sourced the relays from vendors in England and Italy. Hopefully it will be as simple as unsoldering and soldering the new ones to the control board.

[Old Barn Guy]

Dieselbenz1: Thanks for the tip on the door. I'll check that wires in the boot on the front door and see if that's the problem. The doors never unlock by themselves, only lock, so there could be a short there somewhere that tripping the vacuum motor.

Texasgeezer: Those were a couple of nice suggestions for online parts diagrams. I particularly liked oediscountparts.com. I agree about Pelican Parts for those bits and pieces that are competitively priced and I've used them in the past.

We both have the same year and model and this 124 is verging on 25 years old--antique status here in Jersey--so getting a dependable ride out of it is pretty astonishing to me. These old cars can be "needy" and do take a lot of time occasionally to sort out, but once the time has been put in, I've experienced really reliable usage from my older cars. I haven't owned many Mercedes, but I've been impressed at how well this car has held up over all those years and I simply love driving it.

I also like the fact that it has minimal computerization and can be repaired in many cases by a motivated owner. Last fall I replaced all my glow plugs, something I would have been unlikely to undertake if it hadn't been for the technical support provided by the forum. Shortly after buying the car I also did all new rotors, pads, flexible hoses and rear calipers and flushed the system completely--stopping well is the most important part of going! Next on my maintenance list is lubricating the sliding sunroof and the windshield wiper motor. Good luck with getting yours sorted out.