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Option list W116 - The full Monty!

Started by floyd111, 30 August 2015, 07:18 AM

floyd111

Quote from: floyd111 on 06 January 2016, 09:06 AM
talking points..

I really need one of those lamp cases, but is this the original one? Seems a french aftermarket product..

floyd111


floyd111

Needless to say, if anyone knows of anyone selling any of the gadgest in the photos I posted, please let me know..

The photo that shows the tedake phone.. what is that radio in the dashboard? Is it a radio? or a dictaphone? Is it for cassettes?

The photo that shows the divider.. what is that radio-looking device next to the airco-control?

wbrian63

I think the radio-looking thing is a remote control for the up-front unit. That's how they handled remote audio on the 600's.
W. Brian Fogarty

'12 S550 (W221)
'76 450SEL 6.9 Euro #521
'02 S55 AMG (W220) - sold
'76 450SEL 6.9 Euro #1164 - parted out

"Bond reflected that good Americans were fine people, and most of them seemed to come from Texas..." Casino Royale, Chapter V

floyd111

Was this ever an official W116 option?

ptashek

Quote from: floyd111
Was this ever an official W116 option?

Couldn't have been. Wrong gear sequence.
It should be PRNDLS, and no 4th gear.
1993 "Pearl Blue" W124 280TE
1988 "Arctic White" W124 200T
1979 "Icon Gold" W116 450SE

Beastie

'S' comes before 'L'. It's "PRNDSL". I use 'S' all the time because my 280 has a tall 4th gear and no torque. The layout looks like it would match a 280. As for it ever being an official option I have no idea, but would guess... no.
1979 280SEL

"She's built like a steakhouse, but she handles like a bistro."

s class

NO.

As stated that shift pattern is incorrect.  That belongs on a pagoda, or some early 108's. 


[color=blue]'76 6.9 Euro[/color], [color=red]'78 6.9 AMG[/color], '80 280SE, [color=brown]'74 350SE[/color], [color=black]'82 500SEL euro full hydro, '83 500SEL euro full hydro [/color], '81 500SL

hagar24

Quote from: floyd111 on 09 January 2016, 11:52 PM
Was this ever an official W116 option?
Not hi jacking, just want to know if this is metal, and if it is, where can I get one?

Beastie

#129
Quote from: s class on 13 January 2016, 08:26 AM
NO.

As stated that shift pattern is incorrect.  That belongs on a pagoda, or some early 108's.

It's incorrect in the sense that it's not from a W116 and is most likely from a W108 but what is "incorrect" about the shift pattern? The shift pattern for a 116 is certainly not PRNDLS as ptashek stated...

1979 280SEL

"She's built like a steakhouse, but she handles like a bistro."

floyd111

Go away, Hagar.. it's mine, haha!

All fun aside.. is it possible there are W116's with different gear sequence? How come this is even a topic of discussion? Does it not suffice to walk to your car and write it down fo posterity sake?

Beastie

Quote from: floyd111 on 13 January 2016, 01:13 PM
Go away, Hagar.. it's mine, haha!

All fun aside.. is it possible there are W116's with different gear sequence? How come this is even a topic of discussion? Does it not suffice to walk to your car and write it down fo posterity sake?

I'm up very early and it's still dark outside but I've edited a photo into my post above. You a Seinfeld fan? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gdo3BP3m42I&feature=youtu.be&t=3s
1979 280SEL

"She's built like a steakhouse, but she handles like a bistro."

ptashek

Quote from: Beastie on 13 January 2016, 12:52 PMThe shift pattern for a 116 is certainly not PRNDLS as ptashek stated...

Yep, got my L's and S's mixed up, quoting from distant memory I might add.
Have mercy, I haven't seen my car's shifter for over two years :D
1993 "Pearl Blue" W124 280TE
1988 "Arctic White" W124 200T
1979 "Icon Gold" W116 450SE

floyd111

A closer look at volt, amp and outside temp meters as w116 option

The photo underneath has ruled the topic for quite some time, suggesting a standard of some sorts, but I just debunked it.
The outside temp meter, for one, is a VDO, but an aftermarket in-the-box VDO Cockpit Series gauge.
It is not a w116 part.
The gauge that should have been there should have had an MB number, and no red markers in the visible display. All black'n white.
I always had my doubts about that one. How ugly is it to have a black bezel and a chrome bezel side-by side? In a car worth as much as a Rolls?
Now I know that is a botch DIY aftermarket job.
The actual VDO Cockpit in that photo is still for sale, NOS, on eBay.

The amp meter is correct, size wise, Amps-wise, but also in color, bezel and it has an MB part number, from the A115 series.

tcj

Hi Stan,

may I disagree?
My 6.9 has an outside temperature gauge from factory. And it looks like the one in your photo:
black bezel, red "0".
When I take it out I can see the date this gauge was made: a month before my 116 was delivered.
So I am quite sure my gauge was never replaced. So it should be a genuine mercedes part.

Thomas
112.021
113.042
116.028
116.036