W140 Benz advice?

heres one of my old threads bud , hope it helps ,you got a 140 yet ?? still probably one of my fave benzes of all time

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the black one was definately good fun to drive, although i suppose a little bouncy at the rear , heres a pick of my first w140,(sorry bout the quality,but it was on an old camera phone)...this one drove real sweet tho !!

bio degradable wiring looms believe it or not m104 2.8,3.2,and amg 3.6 are also very prone to crumbly wiring looms ....

1.5 to two coils on the front, one on the rear will set you up nicely Cut the bottom of the coil in each case as it still sits in the cup nicely.
Let it settle for a month or so, then see how you get on. Be careful, those font coils are under a huge amount of tension, even with the wheels off the ground. You'll want to make yourself one UtterPiffles Mercedes lowering sticks

As much as I love the shape of the w126 (owned 3), once I'd upgraded to a w140's (owned 4), I never looked back. They are in a different league!

Wiring loom... Don't worry, they are fixable if you can steer a soldering iron. I have had a couple of early w140's and ran a thread on the w140 forum on how to make a new one (it's only 22 wires on a v8). Alternatively, buy a facelift post '96 car, and it won't have that problem. They also went from 4 to 5-speed autos for more relaxed cruising, and coil packs rather than dizzies on the later cars v8's/12's which is far less hassle!

The great thing about the w140 is it is the last of the modular Mercedes (rather than everything being linked by a computer bus), so are perfectly serviceable/fault-findable by the home mechanic. Yes, they do have a basic control bus, but nothing is coded to it, so it does mean you can swap bits about without computer says no errors.

Yes, they ARE fixable, but it is a problem to look out for, or rather, if the loom isn't swapped, you have to do it. It is rotten. Guaranteed.

But if you're looking for a 1998, I think it should be sorted, IIRC it is 1995 and earlier models that have the plague.

And the M119 engine is a jewel! Just wonderful.

So why did you sell it to me then you tit? You knew I'd ruin it!

I was going to say "check the electrics!" But it is well covered... ;D

My brother had one of these more than ten years ago. It was a lovely car when it went but was so often woefully unreliable and beset with electrical problems. Its engine didn't run too well either, but that too could have been electrical. It was a 1996 car; I didn't know later cars had improved.

Despite its reliability, it did retain that Mercedes "hewn from solid" feel so missing from the later w220. A good W140 would be a lovely old thing, I'd say.