[W126 Coupe] RE: MBCOUPES Digest, Vol 18, Issue 5

Sun Apr 9 11:07:17 EDT 2006

In order to replace the gearshift know you need to do the following:

1. Remove the ashtray.
2. Remove the coing tray below the ashtray.
3. Remove the plastic frame surrounding the gear knob.
4. Slide the wood forward and lift it up.
5. Carefully remove all the connectors from all the switches and put the 
wood aside.
6. Remove the screws attaching the plastic shifter gate.
7. Get a 15 mm  crow's foot wrench to loosen the nut holding the gear 
shifter shaft to the sleeve.
8. Unscrew the gear knob and replace with your new one.
9. Put everything back in reverse order.

Make sure you have the right gear knob. I purchased a burlwood knob on the 
internet for my '90 SEC and found that I could not engage "B". I thought I 
had done something wrong, but found out that the shaft is different on the 
'90 and '91 models from the other series 2 w126.
How it works on the series 1 cars, I have no idea.

Regards,
Axel J. Wulff
610-731-5453 Cellular
610-572-4611 Home

>From: Connexion Fitness <fitness-connexion at telus.net>
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>Subject: [W126 Coupe] RE: MBCOUPES Digest, Vol 18, Issue 5
>Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2006 19:13:53 -0700
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>Can anyone help and provide information on how to replace gearshift knob???
>Thank you.
>
>
>
>
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>    1. Re: RE: RE: [W126 Coupe] Hello Everybody (New Member + Pics)
>       (dolans1 at verizon.net)
>    2. Re: SEC Wheel Spreadsheet (Steve Nervig)
>    3. Re: SEC Wheel Spreadsheet (Vance Rowley)
>    4. SEC Wheel Spreadsheet  (Rattie S)
>    5. Re: SEC Wheel Spreadsheet (Robert Karl Stonjek)
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>Message: 1
>Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 18:46:27 -0500 (CDT)
>From: <dolans1 at verizon.net>
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>Message: 2
>Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 16:53:25 -0700
>From: Steve Nervig <dakota at mac.com>
>Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] SEC Wheel Spreadsheet
>To: Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
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>On Apr 6, 2006, at 1:02 PM, Axel Wulff wrote:
> >
> > I put my sets of wheels in the spreadsheets.
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Axel J. Wulff
> > 610-731-5453 Cellular
> > 610-572-4611 Home
> >
> > <Wheels.xls>
>
>Great job, Axel. A keeper.
>
>Steve
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>--
>I feel so much better now, since I gave up hope.
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>Message: 3
>Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 01:41:15 +0100
>From: "Vance Rowley" <vance.rowley at tiscali.co.uk>
>Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] SEC Wheel Spreadsheet
>To: "Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists" <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
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>Hi Axel,
>
>  Looks good to me. The only difference seems to be with the overall 
>standard
>wheel diameter between the US and Euro versions, not that there is any
>significant difference anyway to worry about any speedo re-calibration. The
>other thing is as far as the tire width is concerned and what wheel width
>they will fit onto. This data is different per manufacturer and model of
>tire. A good source for this info is the tirerack website. I only have the
>standard 15" X 7.5" wheels on my Euro 560, but I have the 225 width tires 
>on
>the rear. The particular tires I have (before I chose them) I looked up on
>the tirerack website to see from what minimum to what maximum width wheels
>these would fit onto. The 7.5" was the minimum width of the range, but
>clearly specified by the manufacturer. You probably knew this already, as I
>noticed on your spreadsheet that you also have 225's on 7.5" width wheels.
>Only difference is you have the 16" wheels.
>
>Good work,
>
>Vance.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Axel Wulff" <axelwulff at hotmail.com>
>To: <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
>Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 9:02 PM
>Subject: [W126 Coupe] SEC Wheel Spreadsheet
>
>
> >I put together the attached spreadsheet mostly for my own education,
> >but I
> > thought it could be useful for others and it would be nice if you all
>could
> > do a quality control to check my data.
> >
> > The first tab in the spreadsheet provides for an easy way to calculate
> > how
> > much the wheel diameter will increase/decrease from stock with various
>sizes
> > of rims and tires. I.e.; the standard wheel, 15" rim with 205/65 tires, 
>is
>
> > 64.8 cm in diameter, if you go to a 17" rim with a 275 tire, a sidewall
> > profile of 45 will get you the closest to stock with an overall diameter
>of
> > 65.2 cm.
> >
> > The second tab deals with the width of the tires vs. the width of the
> > rims
> > and is just a sanity check for what tires will fit on any given rim 
>width.
>
> > The idea is that you should not try to put too wide a tire on a narrow 
>rim
>
> > and you would not use a tire that is narrower than your rims (unless you
>are
> > a low-rider - they do strange things with wheels..).
> >
> > The third tab deals with the offset (ET = einpresstiefe) issue. In
> > order not
> > to complicate things,  I left out the any rim consideration. The idea is
> > that with a reasonable rim/tire selection (see tab 2), the widest part 
>of
> > the wheel is going to be the tire. There may be other reasons for
>including
> > the rim width, especially in the front, but I am not aware of them.
> >
> > I put my sets of wheels in the spreadsheets.
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Axel J. Wulff
> > 610-731-5453 Cellular
> > 610-572-4611 Home
>
>
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>Message: 4
>Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2006 05:31:31 +0000
>From: "Rattie S" <mbcoupe126 at hotmail.com>
>Subject: [W126 Coupe] SEC Wheel Spreadsheet
>To: mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com
>Message-ID: <BAY107-F209ED3AF6AA59B09FCB61699C90 at phx.gbl>
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>Hello all,
>
>Could someone please attach the spreadsheet and email me a copy
>(mbcoupe126 at hotmail.com) I usually read this from the archive and so I 
>could
>
>retrieve a copy of the file. But this should a great resource for all of 
>us.
>
>So thank you very much Alex.
>
>Itrat
>
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>Message: 5
>Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 16:57:16 +1000
>From: "Robert Karl Stonjek" <rstonjek at bigpond.net.au>
>Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] SEC Wheel Spreadsheet
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