I have to pull the instrument panel on my W124 to repair or replace the odometer and replace some light bulbs. While pulling the panel out of a junker at the P & P, I thought that the working room was a bit less then on the W123, but I can manage that job on the W123. I was thinking that it might be worthwhile to pull the steering wheel on the W124 to replace or otherwise work on the instrument panel. Am I looking at that right?

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1983 Mercedes W123 240D 4 Speed 285,000 on the road with a 617 turbo, beautiful butter yellow, license plate # 83 240D INDIANA

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How cute--I thought it was only dummies that called TORX "Star!"

It's a better solution than allen, of course.

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Torx is patented, you can't make and sell a star bit as Torx unless you pay the royalties.

Ever heard of a "cross-recess" bit (Phillips) or Hex (Allen)?

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I'll stay on the safe side, wait 30mins and turn the key just in case.

Thanks guys!

4mm hex key worked for me great as the T30 I had was not thin enough to fit.

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The Benz FSM advises to leave the key in the 0 position.

I have seen car airbags deploy in test steering wheels at TRW, and they're not as loud as some other airbags I know.

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Prost!

You guys do realize it's impossible for the airbag to fire once you unplug the connector form the back? Contacts short the pins together for safety.

-Jason

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I have a question about Airbags. I went thru the Disarm procedure in Alldata. It'd been disarmed for a few days now. I need to hook up the batt for some troubleshooting and want the airbag to remain disarmed. Can I just leave the airbag connectors dc'd and hook the Batt up? Will that screw up anything that would need to be "reset".

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<<Les Garten>> 1988 300TE 280,000 Miles

I left the red airbag connector dc'd and drove the car to make sure I had the sterring wheel correctly positioned. The airbag light was on while I was driving. After everything was OK I re-connected the the red connector and the airbag light went off, never to be seen again.

Heh, well that's even more confusing!

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<<Les Garten>> 1988 300TE 280,000 Miles

How so? It was all quite straightforward to me.

I've go some saying that if I do that, I will get a SRS light that will require a reset at the dealer.


I've been reading SRS reset threads today. Obviously if I could getaway with what you are describing that would be perfect. I am getting conflicting data however.

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<<Les Garten>> 1988 300TE 280,000 Miles

On a W210 that gives you a SRS light that needs a handheld tester to reset.

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It looks like my only option here is to hook up the airbag and do my electrical troubleshooting hoping I won't trigger the airbag? I need to run the tests on the cruise control amp, actuator, and switch. I doubt I will trigger the airbag. I don't want the SRS light on for sure. I've heard all kinds of horror stories about dealers wanting a lot to turn the light off.

It sounds like if I connect the batt with the airbag connector DC'd, I'll get a SRS light. Is that true?

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<<Les Garten>> 1988 300TE 280,000 Miles

I don't know on the 124, don't think so but I'm waiting to hear from the experts.

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