This seems to be an old thread, but I thought I'd give it a try...

I'm looking for a user-friendly index to the W126 service (workshop) manual, to make using the CD a bit easier. Forum posts suggest that Steve Nervig and friends have produced one and put it up on the web. But the links I have found to the site don't work. Has someone (DC or MBUSA) jumped on it from a great height and killed it off?

br1anstorm

My best guess would be YES...

There where several similar websites, they all went down in a couple of months.

LITIGATION has that effect...




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The 107 manual on CD was produced with old-technology scanners and designed to fit on a (now old-technology) CD. Many (in fact, most) pages of the original manuals are missing; this complilation was designed to hit only the "high points".


MB should make a new one, copying each page verbatim of the manual, and scan the manual (if no original artwork exists) at a MUCH higher DPI; put it on a two DVD's (holding 30x the data of the original). This would be a great project but, of course, there are big legal issues and only MB can do it.

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Thanks, whunter, for this response to my query. But I have some good news. After posting my message, I kept searching for the Steve Nervig index site - and eventually I found it alive and well at this address
http://web.mac.com/dakota/iWeb/Mercedes/Indexes.html

I haven't checked back with the original link on this forum, but I guess that either the link was broken/inaccurate, or the site has moved since the original posts were put up back in 2004. I'm pleased to say that the index is still downloadable and works a treat.

And to be honest, I can't see why DC or MBUSA would want to obstruct this. The index doesn't trespass on their copyright. It is an original and free-standing piece of work which complements their product and is produced by a guy whose motives are entirely honourable.

We all owe Steve and his friends huge thanks...

br1anstorm

I was referring to braingears.com and other websites.

They all went down in a couple of months.

LITIGATION has that effect..

Yup, it's clear that braingears.com (and other similar sites) have - sadly for some - ceased to function. But I'm happy to have the Steve Nervig index, which makes using the (official...?) MBUSA CD/DVD manual much easier.

On a vaguely related subject, it would be useful to have (as a sticky somewhere?) an expert explanation of the difference between Mercedes Benz' WIS (Workshop Information System), TIS (Technical Information System) and EPC (Electronic Parts Catalogue). It gets confusing when some, or all, of these are referred to as "workshop manuals"...

br1anstorm

Just a quick update to this one.

I think Steve Nervig closed down his site last year (2012), but the Mercedes list is now hosting the downloads of his manual index.

The Mercedes-Benz Discussion Lists - Home Page

Choose Other Stuff , MB Service Library Indexes from the menu.

Mercedes now hosts most of the manuals online at (you don't need to login or spend any money)

http://www.startekinfo.com/StarTek/doclist.jsp

Good luck

Jonathan