Which SPEEDOMETER?
 

I want to upgrade my speedometer. Can someone tell me which ones I can use? Are all the W124 speedometers interchangeable? Is it just the face plates that are different between the US - Canadian - EURO versions? My car is a Canadian spec 1989 300CE.

Here are some different W124 speedometers that I found. So many different part numbers:

1. MB 124 542 31 68. This is from a 1990 300CE.
http://img80.exs.cx/img80/5045/1990300CE.jpg

2. MB 124 542 92 68. This is from a 1991 300CE.
http://img80.exs.cx/img80/5787/1991300CE.jpg

3. MB 124 542 92 68. This is from a 1992 300CE.
http://img80.exs.cx/img80/9150/1992300CEb.jpg

4. MB 124 542 55 06. Not sure which model this is from.
http://img36.exs.cx/img36/8125/benz6.jpg

5. MB 124 542 36 65. Not sure which model this is from.
http://img80.exs.cx/img80/7403/e0_4.jpg

6. MB 124 542 40 65. Not sure which model this is from.
http://img36.exs.cx/img36/6670/d8_4.jpg

7. Where can you find needles this orange after 160,000km?
http://img80.exs.cx/img80/8740/1333.jpg

What about a Designer Speedo? Will any of these work?

1. This is from a W124 E500.
http://img36.exs.cx/img36/838/amg20dash.jpg

2. Not sure which car this is from. Looks like a W124
http://img36.exs.cx/img36/1728/speedo.jpg

3. This one is from a W124 Barbus. I believe the car is a 1991
http://img36.exs.cx/img36/3481/W124BRABUS1990andup.jpg

4.This one is from a 1992 C35 Carlsson (300ce)
http://img36.exs.cx/img36/6384/1992C35Carlsson.jpg

5. This one is from a W201 Carlsson
http://img36.exs.cx/img36/4220/565178_14_full.jpg

Sorry about the multiple posts. I just found something else. What cars have a transmisson temperature guage like this one:

This is a EURO E250 D
http://img29.exs.cx/img29/4751/149_IMGP2616.jpg

http://img29.exs.cx/img29/6307/74_IMGP26052.jpg

http://img29.exs.cx/img29/8421/149_B...5200320005.jpg

http://img29.exs.cx/img29/1899/149_david20umbau.jpg

What's wrong with your existing speedometer? Be careful, some speedometers are electronic and not cable driven.

I ruined mine...colored guages. If I buy a new one from the dealer then I want to know what choices I have since they are so expensive. If I buy used then I want to know what the newest one I can use. Chances are the newer the instrument cluster the lower the mileage. It would be kind of hard to find a 1989 instrument cluster with low mileage.

I think you can use a speedometer from any 300E/CE/TE. The speedometers from the 400E/E420 and 500E/E500 look almost identical, but won't work because they are electronic.

If the 124s follow the lead of earlier models, those #s on the faceplates are not the #s of the speedos but merely the part #s of the faceplates.

Peter

So what years will work for 300E/CE/TE?