Re: [MBZ] 83 300SD Odometer

2012-06-07 Thread MG
a guy on Epray. Manfred Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 14:44:43 -0400 From: aland...@knology.net Subject: [MBZ] 83 300SD Odometer The odometer is not working on my 83 300 SD, but the speedometer is. Took out the instrument cluster and then remembered it is electronic and not mechanical. I know how t

Re: [MBZ] 83 300SD Odometer

2012-06-07 Thread Dieselhead
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 2:45 PM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: [MBZ] 83 300SD Odometer The odometer is not working on my 83 300 SD, but the speedometer is. Took out the instrument cluster and then remembered it is electronic and not mechanical. I know how to fix the mechanical units that

Re: [MBZ] 83 300SD Odometer

2012-06-07 Thread Rich Thomas
Yeah I looked into that, you need to count the number of teeth on the gears in there, apparently they used different gearsets in different (or maybe even the same) years. If I recall a gear set was like $70, some guy decided to make them after having problems, so it is a fairly limited market

Re: [MBZ] 83 300SD Odometer

2012-06-07 Thread Peter Frederick
Same problem, more or less. There are a couple plastic gears that break. There are some write=ups on the web for repair, parts are fairly expensive but available. Peter On Jun 7, 2012, at 1:44 PM, aland...@knology.net wrote: The odometer is not working on my 83 300 SD, but the speedometer

Re: [MBZ] 83 300SD Odometer

2012-06-07 Thread Scott Ritchey
...@knology.net Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 2:45 PM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: [MBZ] 83 300SD Odometer The odometer is not working on my 83 300 SD, but the speedometer is. Took out the instrument cluster and then remembered it is electronic and not mechanical. I know how to fix the mechanical

[MBZ] 83 300SD Odometer

2012-06-07 Thread alanduff
The odometer is not working on my 83 300 SD, but the speedometer is. Took out the instrument cluster and then remembered it is electronic and not mechanical. I know how to fix the mechanical units that came in the 300D series but not this one. Anyone know how or can point me to a write-up? Th