W124 Arial

[seanie]

Hi all,

Not sure if anyone can advise but, the electric arial of my 1994 W124 saloon has broken off. Does anyone know if there is any standard aftermarket arial that i can replace it with as I'm not too interested in shelling out a lot of dosh on an electrical arial. Thanks

Seanie

 

[MB partsman]

it may be an aftermarket ariel already, back then most MB's didnt have any ICE fitted at the factory, it may be fitted with a bosch, hirshman or some other make.
you should be able to gat a mast, that will be around £25 - £40

 

[talbir]

Thats' correct, you can simply replace just the mast.

Although the W124's did come with Hirschmann electric antenna's fitted as standard from the factory, usually with a Becker Mexico main system.

The mast alone is usually available from MB, and as mentioned above, approx £25. About 30 - 45mins work to fit it on to the existing aerial motor housing.

talbir

 

[MB partsman]

Only by special order

beg to differ talbir, W124's did NOT come with Hirschmann electric antenna's fitted as standard from the factory, as i stated MOST MB's left the factory with NO ICE fitted
it was an option until around 1994 to have any ICE fitted ex factory, 202 C class normally had arials fitted, but the early ones didnt have speakers!
that was the thing with the older Merc's the basic spec was just that - very basic - and most cars were specced up a fair bit but ICE was the one thing that was left until PDI.
if i had a quid for every Merc id seen with a cheap electic arial fitted on PDI i may have a better car than i have now!

 

[talbir]

Yes, correct, most of the early MB's didn't have the main head unit. A 94 W124 would have the automatic antenna fitted (option code 532) and most likely have a head unit.

Below is a link to MB CLub Russia, which is superb. Input your VIN and it will tell you every original detail of the car - what colour it first was, where it was sold and exactly what it left the factory with - great service.

http://www.mbclub.ru/mb/vin/index.html?lng=eng

talbir

 

[LNM]

fuuuuuuuckin hell !!!!!!!

 

[Slaphead]

Great link that! Of course it just confirms what I knew of the cars history but peace of mind is important at my age! ;-)

 

[hitt]

too right!

Took the words right outta my mouth . .

. . thats one handy link!

glad to see that even on my 14 year old MB everything is still original . .

. . well except the new springs, dampers, lights and ICE

 

[seanie]

Thanks all