[W124] Wire harness

[brian jones]

Mike,
I was in Pittsburgh (in school) when I had it replaced
(2002).  It was like 900 bucks at the time (if I remember
correctly). That 1600 dollar price recently mentioned made
me jump.

I was having intermittent electrical gremlins on the
cabriolet.  Cruise wouldn't work and then it would, etc.  I
was hoping it was the fuse problem that some people have
had but I changed them all and it didn't help.  So took it
in and he showed me how the harness was starting to fail,
insulation would just flake off in places.  Anyway I had it
changed and all was good after that.

I've heard good things about the gentleman in Franklin that
has the Indie shop but I don't have personal experience
with him (forgot his name as well).  I bought the coupe new
at Middle TN Motor Cars but they have since moved and
changed names.  It seems now the dealer is so used to the
new plug and play cars that they don't really know how to
diagnose and fix cars like ours.  With the newer cars they
just read codes and swap out expensive components.  The
dealer in PA tried to play that game of just trying
different parts when my MAS went out on the coupe. 
Thankfully I found out about the indie up there who
identified the issue in less than an hour and changed out
my MAS which fixed my engine surging problem.

Check fuses first (like many on this board have mentioned
in the past). Even if they look good you might replace them
all (cheap and will then eliminate that possibility). If it
is the harness get quotes from a couple of places.
Cheers,
Brian in TN

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