Just browsing the web and came across this interesting and quite comprehensive W123 only site - in French. Perhaps someone has already noted it here. I'll try to do better and come up with one in English next time.

http://www.mercedesw123.info

A few links to their pages that detail the various models.

http://www.mercedesw123.info/w-123/static.php?op=280E.htm

http://www.mercedesw123.info/w-123/static.php?op=200carbu.htm

http://www.mercedesw123.info/w-123/static.php?op=240D.htm

If you click on the following link, you'll be directed to their stack of online articles which have some quality photos that accompany the articles. Lots of info on SLS.

http://www.mercedesw123.info/w-123/static.php?op=nomenclature.htm

But, if you go to http://www.freetranslation.com you can have a free, instant translation of any page on the site. The translation is rough in many respects but will give the context of the topic more value to the English reader.

I can make a english 123 site i'd be glad to pay for the website too.
If you guys can help me we can make an updated D.I.Y list and try to cover as much stuff as possible.

I live in France and visit 123.info regularly. Check out the wiki (http://www.mercedesw123.info/pmwiki/) which has a good number of comprehensively illustrated guides to various small and large service jobs - still in French tho!

Giles

Isn't there a website translater out there somewhere. I remember linking one, but the great laptop crash of '06 wiped that info out......

__________________
Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

I posted it in my, post...

http://www.freetranslation.com

Any luck finding a W126 site?

John

__________________
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)
2002 F250 powerstroke with Plantdrive WVO conversion
1983 300SD 190K miles ,sold
2006 E320 CDI

That Wiki looks great, if only it was in English, doh!

I feel we're really lacking in pictorial walkthroughs. We have dieselgiant and this site but they're nowhere near complete and some on dieselgiant aren't comprehensive in their descriptions

__________________
-Dan
1983 240D AT, 163K running on VO, "The Patience Tester"

You can come up with some really obscure stuff out there when searching Google's image base. If you find a picture say, of a vintage Mercedes and look below the image thumbnail, you might happen across what is obviously a dedicated site...as in the case of the 123 specific website. So you click on the picture and it takes you to this site that perhaps you've never seen before. But yep, unfortunately, the odds of finding everything purely in English don't weigh favorably - considering the cars are all over the world.

Right click any link free area of any page, go down to page info, then down to translate page into English, might need a google toolbar, not sure, but don't think so...

__________________
1969 220D "Berta" RIP
1982 300D turbo 250K

Interesting search method. I use basically the same thing to do a coarse sort because of the stupefying number of returns you get from regular Googling.

__________________
Never a dull moment at Berry Hill Farm.