Original brochure specs. are for 205/70 R14 tires. I think the odometer itself is at fault.
On Sun, Apr 23, 2023 at 7:44 PM dan penoff.com via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I believe the tire size reference is that your current tires are not the > original size that was run on the car when it was new. > > However, all things being the same except for the width (205 vs. 195) you > should only have an error of about 2%. That means at 60 mph you would > really be going a little under 59 mph. > > Find some 15” wheels for that beast and you can’t imagine how much better > it will drive and handle. > > -D > > > On Apr 23, 2023, at 3:58 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > Rick, what do tires have to do with it? They are the correct size. > > > > On Sun, Apr 23, 2023 at 3:31 PM Rick Knoble via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > >> You need new tires. > >> > >> > >> Rick > >> > >> From: mercedes@okiebenz.com > >> Sent: April 23, 2023 1:30 PM > >> To: mercedes@okiebenz.com > >> Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com > >> Cc: astrasfo...@gmail.com > >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] W126 speedometer inaccuracy > >> > >> Absolutely. They're 10 year old michelin's 205 70 14. > >> > >> On Sun, Apr 23, 2023, 12:27 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < > >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> > >>> Does it have the correct size tires? > >>> > >>> On Sat, Apr 22, 2023, at 21:42, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: > >>>> I observed that my '85 300SD speedometer is about 10% below the actual > >>>> vehicle speed, starting at 45 mph and above. > >>>> > >>>> I recently had the odometer repaired but the tech was unable to > explain > >>> the > >>>> discrepancy. Any suggestions? There are no records of the po having > >>>> worked on this. Could this be an issue with the speedometer cable? > >>>> > >>>> Andrew > >>>> 1985 300SD > >>>> _______________________________________ > >>>> 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 > >> > >> > > _______________________________________ > > 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
