Re: [MBZ] 124 Oil Gauge Question

2017-04-14 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
You should get one that goes to 11. It would be 8 better. --FT On 4/14/17 3:09 PM, M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes wrote: On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 11:41 AM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: On Thu, 13 Apr 2017 22:46:04 -0500 "M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes" wrote: Works fine except for the oil

Re: [MBZ] 124 Oil Gauge Question

2017-04-14 Thread M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes
On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 11:41 AM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: > On Thu, 13 Apr 2017 22:46:04 -0500 "M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes" > wrote: > > > Works fine except for the oil pressure gauge, which pins at 3 as > > soon as the ignition comes on. > > > > The old gauge worked fine, exce

Re: [MBZ] 124 Oil Gauge Question

2017-04-14 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Thu, 13 Apr 2017 22:46:04 -0500 "M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes" wrote: > Works fine except for the oil pressure gauge, which pins at 3 as > soon as the ignition comes on. > > The old gauge worked fine, except it would peg at 2.5 no matter the > revs. There seems to be a pattern h

Re: [MBZ] 124 Oil Gauge Question

2017-04-14 Thread M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes
On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 6:20 AM, MG via Mercedes wrote: > Have you tried replacing the sender yet? Sounds like that may have been > your problem to begin with. Not yet. It's apparently a little tricky getting at it. http://www.pelicanparts.com/techarticles/Mercedes-W124/44-ENGINE-Oil_Pressur

Re: [MBZ] 124 Oil Gauge Question

2017-04-14 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
Something is wired wrong, new cluster pin-out doesn't match your harness. What's wrong with old cluster, just the oil gauge? Try swapping into old cluster? -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 On April 13, 2017 11:46:04 PM EDT, "M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes" wrote: >Swapped the

Re: [MBZ] 124 Oil Gauge Question

2017-04-14 Thread MG via Mercedes
Have you tried replacing the sender yet? Sounds like that may have been your problem to begin with. M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes wrote: Swapped the instrument cluster from a '90 300E for the one in my '86 300E. Works fine except for the oil pressure gauge, which pins at 3 as soon as the igni

[MBZ] 124 Oil Gauge Question

2017-04-13 Thread M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes
Swapped the instrument cluster from a '90 300E for the one in my '86 300E. Works fine except for the oil pressure gauge, which pins at 3 as soon as the ignition comes on. Is this a bad gauge or is there a different sender for the later models? The old gauge worked fine, except it would peg at 2.5