[W126 Coupe] Help! : diff ratio's

[Divov]

Thanks for that!
It looks like the 2.65 diff is the item I need to lay my hands on.
Where did you say you parked your car at night? !!
Regards
Alec

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dawid Loubser" <dawidl at solms.co.za>
To: "Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists" <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 5:27 PM
Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Help! : diff ratio's



> Not at all, Alec... I am way more ignorant than you, trust me.

> 

> ASR = "Anti-Slip Regulation" a.k.a. Traction Control.

> Electronic countermeasures to prevent wheel spin under

> any circumstances. The 560SEC was the first car in the world

> with that fitted. An easy way to identify a car with that

> fitted is just to look at the instrument cluster. There's an "ASR"

> warning light next to the ABS, etc, and there is a big yellow

> warning light with an exclamation mark in the middle of the

> speedometer that lights up whenever ASR is in action.

> 

> D.

> 

> 

> On 26 Apr 2007, at 3:59 nm., Divov wrote:

> 

>> Dawid,

>> Pardon my ignorance, what is ASR?

>> Alec

>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dawid Loubser"  

>> <dawidl at solms.co.za>

>> To: <satish at tummala.net>; "Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists"  

>> <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>

>> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 3:31 PM

>> Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Help! : diff ratio's

>>

>>

>>> Hi Satish,

>>>

>>> Thanks for the useful info. My 560SEC has ASR - does this  

>>> automatically

>>> mean it has a 2.65 ratio? Or was this a model-year-difference?

>>>

>>> thanks,

>>> Dawid

>>>

>>> On 26 Apr 2007, at 1:28 nm., Satish Tummala wrote:

>>>

>>>> LSD diffs have a tag requiring special hypoid gear oil located on  

>>>> the

>>>> right lower corner of the rear case.

>>>>

>>>> Most 560SECs had 2.47 diffs with LSD standard.  Some 560s with  

>>>> ASR had

>>>> 2.65 rear ratios.

>>>>

>>>> Most 500SECs had 2.24 diffs without LSD.

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