sl 300 91 odometer repair

[gireaud]

sorry about my english, i am from venezuela, my odometer stop working after i reset it runing, i pull aut the cluster and dissasembly it, i got to the odometer but i stop there because it look very complicated and diferent to what i saw in pictures from others cars. has some one repair one of those? please help. here no one knows about this they want to sell the complite cluster to me. please help.

[gireaud]

well i can see no body knows about odometer repair for a sl300, i ll repaired all ready thanks.

[hsumer]

Send me your odometer pictures and i can explain which component you should check.
I am Phd Degree Electronic Mechanical and Computer Sc. Engineer and I am working on German Cars Electronic part repair.I 've been Mercedes in Germany when i was Mechanical Engineer student (1987-1991)

hsumer@cox.net

[caesarang]

Actually its probably a broken wheel in your odometer. Its a relative simple job for someone who has that gear in stock. Merc made all their gear in their odometer out of plastic except one which is made of rubber, over time this rubber gear melts and gives way, You can find online these gears onsale. the other thing is to get someone to pull out the meter with a special tool. all in it would take you 20 minutes to uninstall and reinstall if you know what you;re doing., the cost is only for a gear that maybe cost 50 cents but it really depends how much the bloke wants to make from you. dont bother of changing the whole meter cos its not necessary as the replacement is probably secondhand and the rubber gear hasn;t been changed to a plastic one,.

Only draw back is that after changing to the plastic gear your milege might look juttering when it moves as after market gear are not normally perfect fit but it works brillant. PS when u drive u look at the road and speedo meter and not how many mile you pass

[gireaud]

thanks for the help, i did ordered a new gear from odometergear.com jeff caplan, he sended to me by courrier i havent received yet, but everything is ok. for those that have the same problem, i can tell is very easy to get the cluster out without any especial tool, and is easy to dissasembly the hold thing.