[W126 Coupe] Speedometer Interchangabilty

[Jonathan Hodgman]

I'm not 100% certain which diff the euro 380's came with but your car 
should have a 2.47..so any Gen II V8 126 will do Fine!

The early 500's are 2.24's.

Jap 560's will have the 2.65.


Jonathan

Dan Gardner wrote:

> Hi Folks

>

>    I need to change the my speedometer from MPH ( UK import to Hong 

> Kong)to KPH I could get the dial recalibrated but the distance recoder 

> would still be in Miles.

>    Question is are all 126 versions the same or is the 560 one unique 

> to that model,here in Western Australia the 420 SEL was probably the 

> most popular of all the 126 variants ,but 380 SEL's would be 

> dismantled in greater numbers due to age.

>

>                                                                    

> Kind Regards Dan     1986 560SEC   (220 kw)

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