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Old 12-13-2007, 12:37 AM
emerydc8 emerydc8 is offline
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My wiring harness lasted over 225,000 miles. Actually, nothing went wrong with the car, electrically, but once I finally checked the insulation, I noticed it was completely shot.

I still had the original harness and I noticed that there is a rubber sleeve on the new harness, near the lever-type connector, that does not exist on the original. I think the new harness was purchased from mercedesshop. This may be a long shot, 85MB300D, but if the harness on your 420 has the rubber sleeve, maybe it's a replacement. On the other hand, if it was replaced with a factory part, maybe you wouldn't see the sleeve.
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1994 E420 - How can you tell if wiring harness has been replaced?-newharness.jpg   1994 E420 - How can you tell if wiring harness has been replaced?-originalharness.jpg  
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