124 Coupe starting.

[MotardMan]

My old Range Rover tends to get condensation in the distributor cap, a wipe inside with a bit of kitchen roll cures it. Later motors tend to be susceptible to HT lead insulation breakdown.

There is a fix for that! I had a 1984 RRC, and it hated water. Condensation in the cap was always the issue so I used the folowing to drive the water vapour out, before it could condense and cause problems. After I had done the mod the truck would happily plod through water up to bonnet level...

Find an old air compressor from a set of air horns in the scrapper. Rig this up to a dash mounted switch and relay. Run the hose from the compressor down to the Dizzy. I mounted my compressor on the n/s inner wing so the air hose was as short as possible. Then carefully drill the dizzy cap, in the side, and araldite a short length of brass pipe in the hole. I used an 8mm drill and an offcut of 8mm small bore heating pipe. Push your plastic hose onto the copper pipe.

Now, when you get near water, blast some air through the dizzy and I promise it will keep running! Mine did.

 

[Chigwellolian]

Hi, I'm a newby to this forum, I have a W124 E280 95 model year with the 24v DOHC engine, I have had very similar problems to silver arrow, I to have been told to point the finger at the crankshaft sensor.

Does anyone know the part number, I tried the link on televisions post but could not see a number 5 in the picture, when I clicked on a number it opened up a russian web page.

How difficult is it to change the crank sensor? does the starter motor need to come out? is it best done from the top or underneath the vehicle.

 

[JIZZSTER]

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[television]

YOU GOT A COUPE HAVE A LOOK ON YOUR LOVE IT FORUM FOR W124 COUPE AND CABRIOLET OWNERS

That will be a handy link to pass on

 

[JIZZSTER]

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[fraz]

can anyone hlp with info as per previous post by chig (see below) as i have same problem in a 1992 300ce 12v - regards fraz

Hi, I'm a newby to this forum, I have a W124 E280 95 model year with the 24v DOHC engine, I have had very similar problems to silver arrow, I to have been told to point the finger at the crankshaft sensor.

Does anyone know the part number, I tried the link on televisions post but could not see a number 5 in the picture, when I clicked on a number it opened up a russian web page.

How difficult is it to change the crank sensor? does the starter motor need to come out? is it best done from the top or underneath the vehicle.