[W126 Coupe] 7" of play in park

[Mike Beyersdoerfer]

Hi Jonathan,

I need a little advise.

Intermittently the idle has gone up on my my 560 SEC during cold and  
hot starts about 500 RPMs.  Also when cruising at about 40-45, when I  
lift up on the throttle the engine RPM pulses up and down about  
300-500 RPMs.

My mechanic tells me that the Idle control relay and the overload  
protection relay needs to be replaced at a cost of $550.00.  Labor is  
only $42.00.

Any ideas,  how easy is this to do and where can I buy the parts?

Thanks,
MIke
On Sep 11, 2009, at 4:00 PM, Jonathan Hodgman wrote:


> If you're rocking THAT far you're very close to sheering off the  

> parking pawl....  If you catch it before the car runs down the road  

> you'll be lucky w/ a 2K rebuild..

>

> Always engage your parking brake before putting the car in park!!!!!

>

> Jonathan

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> Axel Wulff wrote:

>>

>> Well, the best advice I can give you is to use your parking brake  

>> and not the transmission to keep your car from moving.

>>

>> Parking brake pads are easy to change.

>>

>> If you brake the locking pin in the transmission, you're looking at  

>> a $2,000+ re-build.

>>

>> Regards,

>> Axel J. Wulff

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>>

>>

>>

>>

>> > From: 560secfl at gmail.com

>> > To: mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com

>> > Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:27:33 -0400

>> > Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] 7" of play in park

>> >

>> >

>> > Hi all

>> >

>> > When I come to a stop and put my 1988 560 sec in park the car  

>> will roll

>> > 6-7-8" before it stops there is that much play. Does anyone have  

>> a best

>> > guess as to what need to replace to take care of that.

>> >

>> >

>> > Thanks

>> >

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