m117 into w124 - gearbox question - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

carat 3.6 amg · #1 03-01-2011, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by mbdoc

You do not want to install the mechanical speedo drive on the non mechanical drive trans.
NO provision for a lubrication port for the speedo gear on the trans like the mechanical design.

You could use the electronic system & get a speedo from a 400E OR try to adapt the speedo from a W126.

Thank's, thats what I was trying to find out. I'll have to see if I can fit the w126 speedo in to the w124 cluster.

RBYCC · #2 03-02-2011, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by carat 3.6 amg

Thank's, thats what I was trying to find out. I'll have to see if I can fit the w126 speedo in to the w124 cluster.

The 126 speedo is larger then the 124.
It will fit but requires cutting and trimming of the 124 cluster.
The 126 is the speedo that AMG used in the 124 V8 builds.

carat 3.6 amg · #3 03-02-2011, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by RBYCC

The 126 speedo is larger then the 124.
It will fit but requires cutting and trimming of the 124 cluster.
The 126 is the speedo that AMG used in the 124 V8 builds.

Thanks RBYCC, that answers my other question. I can get on with the instrument cluster convesion while I wait for the weather to warm up round here, its only 6 degrees outside this week!

Ivanerrol · #4 03-02-2011, 09:44 PM

The issue getting a Mercedes V8 into a R.H.D. car is the steering box and conflicts with exhaust.

That's why the V8 W124's were only available as LHD.

ashedd · #5 03-02-2011, 11:14 PM

can you even import a LHD car into a LHD country? I know you see a RHD car in the US every once in a while.

Ivanerrol · #6 03-03-2011, 12:03 AM

If you mean can you import a LHD into a RHD country, then it depends on the country and local laws.

In My country Australia, there are strict laws. Mostly covering LHD vehicles of 30 years old or more.

RBYCC · #7 03-03-2011, 12:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Ivanerrol

The issue getting a Mercedes V8 into a R.H.D. car is the steering box and conflicts with exhaust.

That's why the V8 W124's were only available as LHD.

There were actually two W124 5.6L 32V builds done as RHD in the UK.
If I recall the builds were done by Strattons.
Only one has survived !