I had the speedo out last year to fix the odo (slipping gear, fixed with a drop of glue) and forgot to mark the position of the speedo needle when I took it off. Now it reads 5mph high at all speeds (MB speedos are pretty accurate). So I need to take it back out, mark the position measure the distance of 5mph, mark that off lower than the mark where the speedo rests (after being lifted over the stop peg) and reset the needle there. I'm lucky its exactly 5mph...
It could be somebody "fixed" yours in the past and did the same thing. The odo is actually pretty easy to fix, just lots of little gears to get back into place depending on how much you take it apart. Remember to clean 'em while you're there. Its also good practice to note the exact mileage when you take it apart so you can get it back together the same. In my case I actually rolled on about 20k to account for Dwight driving the car for a couple years with a busted odo. -Curt Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 14:46:06 -0500 From: Michael Canfield <slozuk...@gmail.com> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] W116 electrical gremlins Message-ID: <calhj_1ctmdhlxvosg+s+9kywnm-hkj4nlzrqrupkjuxegjd...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Nov 23, 2011 2:12 PM, "Curt Raymond" <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Actually I think the best thing that came out of that whole discussion was Jim's post about clipping posts. > I think you are right. I learned to try to trim my posts more. .. They were expensive, and should have a long life so I intend to move them to the other car which will also give me an excuse to fix the speedo needle which is 5mph too slow. Is there an adjustment for that or what? Mine is off as well. Odometer doesn't work either, is there a fix for that too or just deal with it? Mike _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com