[W126 Coupe] More 119 woes

[attila13 at bellsouth.net]

         Lemberg:

                      818-716-7589 home
                      818-231-8705 cell

     Since he covers both the 126  &  124, he may be of assistance.


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> From: John Poole <ajohnpoole at btinternet.com>
> Date: 2006/10/02 Mon AM 06:28:18 EDT
> To: mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com
> Subject: [W126 Coupe] More 119 woes
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> Hi all,
>   Rather like Axel Wulff I`m getting a bit hacked off by my 119 engine (`90 500SL) that has gone a bit wrong. Basically, on hard throttle the car accelerates correctly until about 5000 revs but it then starts banging quite hard off a rev limiter that should not exist, (should be 6000), apart from the severe embarrassment of bunny hopping at 80-100 MPH, it really could be quite dangerous if this happened during an overtake. It does not seem to happen nearly as much if one accelerates gently, however I tend to find gentle acceleration rather insipid and try to avoid it whenever possible :-).
>   Any bright ideas would be gratefully received as both my local mechanic and Chas Wells were a bit stumped. Finally Attila suggested contacting Steve Lemberg which I`d love to do as I`ve both spoken to, and bought a few bits, (FGS, MSD ignition, one-touch windows) off him in the past, and always found him hugely knowledgable and very helpful, but with Bergwerks closing how does one contact him ?
>   All the best, John Poole `91 560SEC    `90 500SL (a bit wonky)  
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