help identify please...

[sjsfiji]

Hi All,

I'm wondering what items 1 and 2 are. They are both located near the battery on my '87 260E (M103 W124)

thanks,

[langpfeife]

#1 is the "altitude correction capsule" (the tube is just a vent)

#2 Looks like a resistor

[stevebfl]

Yea two looks like the trimming resistor for the ignition timing map.

[sixto]

The famed free HP resistor? Is that thread still going in the hot-rods forum?

Sixto
95 S420
87 300SDL

[langpfeife]

I've got an empty resistor socket on mine, says "free beer and sex". Should I try it?

[sjsfiji]

Thanks all...

So "2" is the famed R16 huh.... I would have never guessed...

What's the function of "1"?

thanks,

[stevebfl]

As langfeife stated, it is an altitude correction sensor. It gives the fuel management system information on altitude.

[sjsfiji]

thanks... I've got to be awake when reading these things... thanks....