Fred was the source for the wire by the battery, I remember it is a two-wire connector but I don't remember the colors. My wiring diagram says one wire is white, other is brown with a yellow stripe.
------------- Max Charleston SC On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 2:03 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Thanks! > > Going out to check for a signal as Max suggested. I looked before, but > didn't see much from above. I'll look again. I think i found the cable > plug Max referred to behind the battery. Brown and a white/? or ?/white > wires. > > Curly. >> The pickup is viewable from the top but accessed from underneath. >> Fred >> >> ________________________________________ >> From: Mercedes <mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com> on behalf of Curly McLain >> via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> Sent: 02 December 2015 13:52 >> To: Mercedes Discussion List >> Cc: Curly McLain >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] 124 tachometers >> >> Check the connection for the Hall effect pickup at the rear of the >>> engine. It often gets corroded, being exposed to road splash, and >>> gives an intermittent or very low signal. Mine works (as does the >>> idle speed control) only when it's wet, never have gotten around to >>> fixing it. >>> >>> Might be a bad hall effect pickup, it's in the bell housing above >>> the starter if I remember correctly. >>> >>> Peter >>> >> >> Thanks Fred and Peter for this info. Is the sensor accessed from the >> hood or from underneath the car? >> > > _______________________________________ http://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
