Hi Bob👋Thanks for the video! Steel wool, emory, soldering kit, swabs, alcohol, compressed air, Patience, a lot of TLC and you’re good to go! All rebuildable VDOs!!! That’s the Beauty of Mercedes Benz… MOST EVERYTHING IS REBUILDABLE 😎! I had to rebuild 2 of these a short while ago…A used spare that was sitting in a parts box when I got my Gwagen…(The Ni/Cr wire was broken and kinked in places) and the one in the vehicle. (The fuel gauge was jumping all over the place😱!) The outcome was good…they both work excellent; no more erratic gauges… The socket for this item is a 46mm shallow (at least on mine). And I believe that they’re mostly typical on these old Benz… Thanks again for the vid👍🏼Keep doing what you do. And keep sharing! A humble grease🐒
I took myn apart and it was very clean no broken wires, but i found it has 3 wires , two very thin and one copper wire, despite cleaning and float moving freely and no rust the gauge still does not work, any ideas please, if i short the plug at the correct pins the gauge will read full so i assume wiring is fine upto the plug
Hello I am looking at white face gauge covers for my 1987 300d. But they all have unleaded printed or economy meter. The w126 over lay doesn't have this. My question is are the w126 gauge faces the same as w124. Thank you for your time.
This is a great video, thnx! I want to repair the sender unit if my Mercedes W108 (1966). Can i ask you: 1) what type of Nichrome wite do I need? And should it be type Ni80? 2) Is it true that if the resistance wires are not tense enough, the sender unit won’t work?
Ok guys before you purchase a new fuel sending unit try and clean the electrical connection on top of the unit first. Don't make the same mistake I did, and purchase a new VDO sending unit which didn't solve the gauge Fluctuating issue. I took the old one apart, and cleaned it up well put it back together and used a 220 grit sand paper to clean the electrical connection on the sending unit. It works perfectly fine now.BTW it's a 1995 E320
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Hi Bob👋Thanks for the video!
Steel wool, emory, soldering kit, swabs, alcohol, compressed air, Patience, a lot of TLC and you’re good to go!
All rebuildable VDOs!!! That’s the Beauty of Mercedes Benz… MOST EVERYTHING IS REBUILDABLE 😎!
I had to rebuild 2 of these a short while ago…A used spare that was sitting in a parts box when I got my Gwagen…(The Ni/Cr wire was broken and kinked in places) and the one in the vehicle. (The fuel gauge was jumping all over the place😱!) The outcome was good…they both work excellent; no more erratic gauges…
The socket for this item is a 46mm shallow (at least on mine). And I believe that they’re mostly typical on these old Benz…
Thanks again for the vid👍🏼Keep doing what you do. And keep sharing!
A humble grease🐒
Perfect video.
Great video, just found your channel, and your doing a great job, very informative,,thank you from Canada,,,
I took myn apart and it was very clean no broken wires, but i found it has 3 wires , two very thin and one copper wire, despite cleaning and float moving freely and no rust the gauge still does not work, any ideas please, if i short the plug at the correct pins the gauge will read full so i assume wiring is fine upto the plug
The thin wires are correctly placed between the contacts on this sliding part?
Hello I am looking at white face gauge covers for my 1987 300d. But they all have unleaded printed or economy meter. The w126 over lay doesn't have this.
My question is are the w126 gauge faces the same as w124.
Thank you for your time.
This is a great video, thnx!
I want to repair the sender unit if my Mercedes W108 (1966). Can i ask you:
1) what type of Nichrome wite do I need? And should it be type Ni80?
2) Is it true that if the resistance wires are not tense enough, the sender unit won’t work?
Ok guys before you purchase a new fuel sending unit try and clean the electrical connection on top of the unit first. Don't make the same mistake I did, and purchase a new VDO sending unit which didn't solve the gauge Fluctuating issue.
I took the old one apart, and cleaned it up well put it back together and used a 220 grit sand paper to clean the electrical connection on the sending unit. It works perfectly fine now.BTW it's a 1995 E320
You forgot to mention replacing the o rings 😮
Perdón el mío es el 280 s año 1981 y nececito saber dónde va
Thanks..
Is This senders are similar for 126 and 123 🧐🧐🧐🧐or not?
Sorry I do not know I would think so..my w113 1971 280sl fuel sender is similar
That could very well be the same one for both units. You can find the parts numbers for both online, and compare if they are the same.