So many of these fail to realize that if we are driving a 30 year old Mercedes, then we probably like to tinker. I just rolled 235K miles on my 1992 300D, and when I got fuel this week, I did not press the reset the whole way... it was halfway in between 1 and 0... anyway, the danged odometer stopped working. This video is the perfect amount of detail for folks like me to get in there and fix it. Thank you for tinkering, and thank you for posting!
How do you increase the mileage on the odometer while you have the odometer out? I'm replacing one w123 Odometer with one that has 50K miles less than the original. I want the replacement to say what the mileage the car had on it.
When you use the Blue Loctite at 8:40/8;41 How does the shaft not get glued or stuck in the small whole that it was pushed through on the left end? Seem like it would get stuck after the glue cures?
That's a good point, I didn't really see any other way to do it to tell you the truth. I put it back together and went for a drive, never had a problem with it.
While doing this repair I wasn't paying attention the direction how the plug goes back on the odometer in the back of the instrument cluster? Does it matter how it fits on? One wire is brown and the other yellow and green (or yellow and blue)? So sitting in the car looking forward should the brown go on the left pin or the opposite on the right pin? Or does it even matter? I ask because now the Speedometer doesn't work now; when it was working before trying to repair the odometer.
Is it possible to remove miles. I changed my cluster on my w124 and the new cluster has 120k more miles than my old one. I would like to make it correct. Any help would be great. Thanks. Robert
Hi .I have w123 time oclock . I hear the sound of the engine running, but the hour and minute hands do not move, why do you think? Could you please give information?
The ring that locks it all in place? Be careful, I used my fingers to seat it in place on the shaft and then alternating sides I pushed it on with a flathead until it was snug
Thank you so much. Mine stopped working with about 170000 kilometres on the clock a few days ago and I'm going to attempt this. Can I ask if you can perhaps shed some light as to which way is the easiest to remove the speedometer cluster from the dash because I don't have those pulling pin tools... Kind regards all the way from South Africa
The numbers are out of alignment. Just fixed my 124 that had same issue. Your odo reset button/lever is prob worn out. You can gently bend it or grab another one and put it in
Glad you gave the drill bit size at 4:39
So many of these fail to realize that if we are driving a 30 year old Mercedes, then we probably like to tinker. I just rolled 235K miles on my 1992 300D, and when I got fuel this week, I did not press the reset the whole way... it was halfway in between 1 and 0... anyway, the danged odometer stopped working.
This video is the perfect amount of detail for folks like me to get in there and fix it.
Thank you for tinkering, and thank you for posting!
Thanks for showing me how to run the odometer back
Thanks for publicly admitting your intentions
How do you increase the mileage on the odometer while you have the odometer out? I'm replacing one w123 Odometer with one that has 50K miles less than the original. I want the replacement to say what the mileage the car had on it.
If yours had the same problem mine did you can just advance the gear mile by mile before applying the fix. if you roll it back it will break
@@TheRustedGarage Thanks, that work.
When you use the Blue Loctite at 8:40/8;41 How does the shaft not get glued or stuck in the small whole that it was pushed through on the left end? Seem like it would get stuck after the glue cures?
That's a good point, I didn't really see any other way to do it to tell you the truth. I put it back together and went for a drive, never had a problem with it.
@@TheRustedGarage Well thanks for replying. That's cool, I think I will try it also I suppose the glue would help it last longer.
While doing this repair I wasn't paying attention the direction how the plug goes back on the odometer in the back of the instrument cluster? Does it matter how it fits on? One wire is brown and the other yellow and green (or yellow and blue)? So sitting in the car looking forward should the brown go on the left pin or the opposite on the right pin? Or does it even matter? I ask because now the Speedometer doesn't work now; when it was working before trying to repair the odometer.
Speedo is a thread-in cable and in no way related to any of the electronics
I'd say everything else was hooked up properly if everything else works
Thank you for the help dude.
happy to help!
Hi there, thanks a lot for this well explaind video . would like to know , if it would work also on my w126 300sd 1985?
It should, yes!
@@TheRustedGarage , thanks much will try it.
Is it possible to remove miles. I changed my cluster on my w124 and the new cluster has 120k more miles than my old one. I would like to make it correct. Any help would be great. Thanks. Robert
Hi .I have w123 time oclock . I hear the sound of the engine running, but the hour and minute hands do not move, why do you think? Could you please give information?
If by engine you are referring to the clock ticking it sounds like a problem internal to the mechanism.
How do you get that pin back on the shaft to lock it in place?
The ring that locks it all in place? Be careful, I used my fingers to seat it in place on the shaft and then alternating sides I pushed it on with a flathead until it was snug
Thank you so much. Mine stopped working with about 170000 kilometres on the clock a few days ago and I'm going to attempt this. Can I ask if you can perhaps shed some light as to which way is the easiest to remove the speedometer cluster from the dash because I don't have those pulling pin tools...
Kind regards all the way from South Africa
My 1984 w123s cluster comes off from underneath and pushes out no need for tools.
I have a problem
When I drive at speed 90 Odoo read 100
And drive 120 it read 140 KM
Any idea what is problem?
if the amount it is wrong is consistent, your car has a different size tire, or a different rear
My speedo works, milegoes up, but the trip just keeps clicking, shows 0000/9. Pressing the knob to reset doesn't work
The numbers are out of alignment. Just fixed my 124 that had same issue. Your odo reset button/lever is prob worn out. You can gently bend it or grab another one and put it in