[W124] Tyres on 17"

[Jay Hirsch]

Greg
Thank  you for enligtening me.  I  have a1990 560 SEC  which  is more 
of a"dinosaur,"  to my beneft
I do know of major wiring harness problems on the  S  body cars of 
2000-2003 or 2004
MAJOR job if  the  car needs it.
The wiring is fiber optic which does  not like  like  moisture.
It appears that Mercedes got someone from Lucas to  do the  new wiring  
harness.... said appears but not  really
There  was also  a major recall on the alternators of all  MBs from 
2000-2003
If  the alternator "went,"  it  would  fry some  major components at 
the same time
keep cruisin
Jay H
On Sep 24, 2006, at 6:41 PM, Greg Aylmer wrote:

> Jay,
>  
> I'm not an expert in these matters but apparently MB went to a new 
> type of insulation material surrounding the wiring harness on the w124 
> from 1988-1994 or theareabouts. Which proved to be inadequate, hence 
> making replacement necessary. I was not aware of this problem when I 
> purchased the car 2 1/2 yrs. ago. However, I learned about it after 
> joining this w124 list or club, there is a great deal of info on this 
> if you search for it.
>  
> Thanks for the question.
>  
> Greg Aylmer
>
> Jay Hirsch <J.Hirsch at mac.com> wrote:
>> Curious
>> Why would you have to change the wiring harness on a 13 year car,
>> yet alone a Mercedes?
>> thank you
>> Jay H
>> On Sep 23, 2006, at 10:28 PM, Greg Aylmer wrote:
>>
>> > Gentlemen,
>> >  
>> > I have a 93 300CE Cabriolet W/ 60K miles ( W124) just replaced the
>> > wiring harness in Dallas, Tx., $2800 USD, ouch !!. Need 
>> recommendation
>> > on new tires, currently running the original 15" wheels with 
>> michelin
>> > tires. thought about moving up to 16", didn't know 17" was an 
>> option,
>> > wish to keep mercedes wheels, rather than after market. Any
>> > suggestions ??
>> >  
>> > Thanks & Regards
>> >  
>> > Greg Aylmer    now in Houston, TX.
>> > 93 300 CE CV.
>> > 65 230 SL
>> >
>> > Steve Nervig wrote:
>> >> OH, nice catch Declan. I completely missed the info from the other
>> >> post on the tires. Those two tires sizes have a difference of 4.8%.
>> >> Could absolutely be the problem.
>> >>
>> >> Steve
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Sep 23, 2006, at 8:33 AM, Declan Mc Dermott wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Hi Frank,
>> >> >
>> >> > I have 17" x 71/2" (et35) on my 124 cab which also has sportline
>> >> > suspension. It runs 215/45 tyres both front and rear with no
>> >> > problems. I have no problems with the ride quality and this size
>> >> > tyre also keeps the speedo reading accurate.
>> >> >
>> >> > I agree with Steve's advice re the ABS problem but I just wonder 
>> if
>> >> > the problem is not connected to your tyre sizes. You have not got
>> >> > ASR on your car so your ABS operates on the two front wheel 
>> sensors
>> >> > and the one on the rear diff. As you have differing size tyres 
>> with
>> >> > differing rolling circumferances fitted front to rear I imagine
>> >> > this is the cause of your intermittent ABS problem.
>> >> > Particularly at higher speeds, the differing speed signals from
>> >> > front to rear will cause the ABS unit to interpret this as a
>> >> > skidding problem. I have heard of this problem happening when
>> >> > somebody fits a spare wheel which is not of the exact same size 
>> as
>> >> > the wheel it replaces. So maybe if you sort your tyres first the
>> >> > ABS problem may just go away !!!
>> >> >
>> >> > Regards,
>> >> > Declan McDermott.
>> >> > Cork.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >> From: "Frank Smyth"
>> >> >> Reply-To: W124 CE Coupes and Convertibles
>> >> >> To:
>> >> >> Subject: [W124] Tyres on 17"
>> >> >> Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 14:03:13 +0100
>> >> >>
>> >> >> One more question now that I see that my tyres are well worn :-)
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I have 17" rims, with 225x45 on the rear and 215x40 on the 
>> front -
>> >> >> previous owner must have like the "jacked up rear" '70s look.
>> >> >> However on Irish roads, those 40-profile tyres are way too 
>> harsh.
>> >> >> What would be the tallest profile possible with 17" rims ? Not 
>> too
>> >> >> concerned with messing up the speedometer reading, more 
>> concerned
>> >> >> with fouling the arches etc.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Anyone have 17"s ?
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