[W124] When to replace wire harness?

[mfdesmond at comcast.net]

Brian:
I purchase a 1994 E320 Cabriolet about a year ago w/ 27K miles on it and it has been a pretty solid car.   I've put 15K work miles on it the past 12 months, it is solid and cruises on the interstate great.  It was buy this car or a 2-3 year old Toyota or Nissan for about the same money.    How did you know when the harness needed to be replaced - did the electrical components start to fail? Visual inspection?  My heater fan motor doesn't cut on/off as it should.   The SRS dash light briefly flickered on today while the car was running.  

Second question - who replaced the electrical harness?  I live outside of Nashville and their are a couple tier 2 Mercedes mechanic shops around and don't know if they could get the aftermarket harness and do the work.    

Mike 
Franklin, TN

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From: brian jones <bfargin at yahoo.com> 


> I'll take my "____box" over any other car out there from 

> 1995 or for that matter even today. Every time I drive my 

> coupe or cabriolet I marvel at what a great machine it is. 

> There are things about it that frustrate me (the crappy 

> wiring harness that cost way to much to replace being one 

> of them) but overall it has been a great and reliable car. 

> My coupe (1993) still has the original wire harness and all 

> I have ever done is routine maintenance (except 1 MAS 

> replacement) from when I bought it new. It now has 103K 

> miles and is still running great (knock wood). The 

> cabriolet (1995) had to have a new harness installed. 

> Cheers, 

> Brian in TN 

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