Yes they have the wiring harness problem and 9 times out of 10 the issue with the throttle body is the wiring harness to it is shot
Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 10, 2016, at 8:33 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > For the throttle body, yes. > > A new or rebuilt throttle body (“slide”) will set you back a good $1000. > There are rebuilders out there like BBA who do them, too. These are around > $400-$500, but basically all they’re doing is rebuilding the harness and > cleaning the electrical parts. > > Are these models affected by the self destructing harnesses? I ask because > the throttle body harness would definitely be one that degrades. If someone > was in the engine compartment moving things around, they could have caused it > to short out as a result of handling or moving the harness. > > Dan > > >> On Sep 10, 2016, at 9:27 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> All the 119s are the same it just depends on if it has traction control or >> not >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Sep 10, 2016, at 4:28 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes >>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> On September 9, 2016 at 10:50 PM Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes >>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>> He asks if there has ever been >>>> water on the engine. I say not to my knowledge. >>>> So I got Jeremy on the phone and relayed this info. He apparently drove it >>>> for several days and to the smog place before listing it, and it was >>>> completely fine including the dyno test at smog. He says they did detail >>>> the engine after that though. >>> >>> Oops. Guess they shouldn't have done that. >>> >>> Too bad Craig's 420 wreck is gone. >>> Any W140/W210 that take the same actuator, or does it have to be a rare V8 >>> W124? >>> Too bad they raised the price of EPC subscriptions from free to $75. >>> Mitch. >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> 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 > > > _______________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
