My odometer suddenly stopped. Does anyone have the gear?
Martin

Odometer Gears - Mercedes-Benz - 126 Chassis 79-91 Diesel

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95 E320 Cabriolet Emerald green 66k miles
94 E320 Cabriolet Emerald green 152k miles
85 300TD 4 spd man, euro bumpers and lights, 15" Pentas dark blue 274k miles

Checkout odometergears.com

Thats where I got my 300SD gear from.

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82 300SD 145k
89 420SEL 210k
89 560SEL 118k
90 300SE 262k RIP 5/25/2010
90 560SEL 154k
91 300D 2.5 Turbo. 241k
93 190E 3.0 235k
93 300E 195k

I think I killed the gears when I pressed the reset of the daytrip meter during driving. Does this affect the same gear set?

Yes, you probably effected it that way.

DO NOT press the trip reset while the car is moving. It WILL slowly wear the main drive spur gear's grip on the shaft out.

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1984 300D "Elsa" odo reset 6/2011 147k
1983 300TD "Mitzi" ~268k OM603 powered
1995 E300 "Adelheid" 262k [Sold]

The 300SDL odometer is not so simple to fix. It's electronic with a pickup and electromagnet, etc. I sent Coda's off to this place to have repaired:

Speedometer & Odometer Repairs — Overseas Speedometer

Great customer service, too.

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Germantown, TN

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Sold last car --- 05/2012 1984 300D Light Ivory, Red interior
Cluster Needles Paint
New Old Stock (NOS) parts

Past:
3/2008 1986 300SDL "Coda"
04/2010 1965 190D(c) "Ben"
& many more

My 2 126's, 85 300SD and 82 500 euro SEC, physically release the odo gears from the speedo drive gear when the rest button is pushed ... ergo, pushing the odo reset under any circumstances like driving, coasting, reverseing, talking on the cell phone, etc will not cause the odo gears to break. This is an old tale repeated by people who do not have a clue about how the speedo/odo works.
The gears are relatively easy to replace, provided you have some DIY ability, and available as other posters have stated. Do a search if you don't know how to remove the instrument cluster with a bent coat hanger and then access the gears with a couple of screw drivers.

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85 300 SD ~ 115K
82 500 SEC Euro ??K
78 450SL 164K

Thanks , my SDL odometer stopped working after I was pressing the reset during driving. Therefore I was assuming there was a connection?
Well. I'll need to take the cluster out- easy- I have done this several times. I usually remove the speaker in the dash (left side) and push from behind. Then the cluster pops out easily.
I hope it is just a couple of damaged gears.
Martin

I think what usually happens is the odo stopped working but you don't notice it until you push the rest. I had your same experience but on looking at the mechanism I saw that it did not happen the way I thought it did. There are 3 gears that need to be changed. The above mentioned site sells all 3.

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85 300 SD ~ 115K
82 500 SEC Euro ??K
78 450SL 164K

I replaced the 3 gears with the product you recommended. The guys were helpful.... odometer works now again but....
it started making this ticking noise. It is very loud and I can hear it all the time unless I turn the stereo on. I don't understand why the ticking noise is so loud now and was not before.
Does anyone have a cure for this problem of the pulse or ticking noise?