these guys are good: http://www.nhspeedometer.com/

Isn't it cable driven in which that or the drive could be at fault? Isolate the problem with the speedometer before sending it out for repair.

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It's electronic and I had a shop test the voltage coming into the cluster and they said it checked out fine so it must be the cluster.

And thanks for the recommendation.

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I found "www.speedometerplus.com", located in Los Angeles last summer.

Their service was $90, and was very quick.

But I am glad to hear that there is a good place in Georgia, much closer to home...

Following up on this old thread, I went with Ken at the Benz Store.

www.benz-store.com.

He's in Georgia and that made UPS ground shipping faster than some of the others. Very nice to deal with, he charged me $125 for what turned out to be a problem on the circuit board and got it back to me in two days. The whole process took less than a week.

Thanks to everyone for their input.

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We've used BBA-reman on several occasions,have found them to be honest,dependable,with a pretty good turn around time.

Ken is great, always very helpful

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I am glad this thread came up because last week the odometer/trip stopped working on my 300SEL last week. Since I have an erratic fuel gauge. I had been "resetting" the trip odometer like a fool to keep track of my mileage. I have owned three 80s Mercedes and never had a odometer problem, although I knew it was a common deal, so I never used my trip odometers on those cars. I am sure I sped up the failure on my 300SEL by resetting it when I refueled. Its over now and its broken.

Aside from the parts, about how much would an Mercedes shop (not dealer) charge to remove the cluster and replace the gears on a W126? I would think a good shop (we have a couple) would have a good source to buy these, or may have some extra parts onhand.

I guess I could call tomorrow and get a quote, but wondering what people here had paid on average... I am not much of a DIY'er, so not really wanting to do this myself. I also need to get my coolant changed out and a new EHA valve, so it may be a good time to do that as well.

Thanks.

Found a shop in Austin Texas. Fixed the speedometer from my 84 300D for $80 had it ready next day.

Overseas Speedometer
800-444-0292
512-329-8200
www.speedometer.com

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Instrument cluster, Odometer, Speedometer, Tachometer links
Instrument cluster, Odometer, Speedometer, Tachometer links

I'm getting ready to ship mine to James at MBCluster.com. He is familiar with 124's and it sounds like he has a nice test bench and the experience to check these older units out. I file a progress report once he gets my unit and gives me some feedback.

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Good to know. Let us know how it turns out

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