Which SPEEDOMETER? - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

lino · #1 09-06-2004, 02:27 AM

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.

2. MB 124 542 92 68. This is from a 1991 300CE.

3. MB 124 542 92 68. This is from a 1992 300CE.

4. MB 124 542 55 06. Not sure which model this is from.

5. MB 124 542 36 65. Not sure which model this is from.

6. MB 124 542 40 65. Not sure which model this is from.

7. Where can you find needles this orange after 160,000km?

lino · #2 09-06-2004, 02:46 AM

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

1. This is from a W124 E500.

2. Not sure which car this is from. Looks like a W124

3. This one is from a W124 Barbus. I believe the car is a 1991

4.This one is from a 1992 C35 Carlsson (300ce)

5. This one is from a W201 Carlsson

lino · #3 09-06-2004, 02:53 AM

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

speedy300Dturbo · #4 09-06-2004, 03:42 AM

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

lino · #5 09-06-2004, 03:56 AM

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.

speedy300Dturbo · #6 09-06-2004, 03:15 PM

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.

autozen · #7 09-06-2004, 09:46 PM

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

lino · #8 09-20-2004, 01:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by speedy300Dturbo

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.

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