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WANTED WANTED: 500E Fuel sender 124-542-03-04
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NLA. Search the forum for more info. You can use a standard sending unit and recalibrate (or swap) the gauge to match. The difference is the standard sending unit will trigger reserve with ~2.5 gal remaining instead of ~3.5 gal.
It's often possible to disassemble and repair the sending unit, search for that as well. You only need to replace if damaged *and* unfixable, which IMO isn't likely.
Any chance Fenton has a new one laying around?
It's often possible to disassemble and repair the sending unit, search for that as well. You only need to replace if damaged *and* unfixable, which IMO isn't likely.
Any chance Fenton has a new one laying around?
Yep - NLA. Been discussed here on the forum.
@janos_z -- you may have success cleaning yours, and it may not require replacement. There are threads on this on the forum.
I think @LWB250 also has a thread somewhere on the forum detailing fix/repair of the fuel level sender.
Found the LWB thread:
@janos_z -- you may have success cleaning yours, and it may not require replacement. There are threads on this on the forum.
I think @LWB250 also has a thread somewhere on the forum detailing fix/repair of the fuel level sender.
Found the LWB thread:Fuel Gauge Reads Inaccurately Near Empty | Troubleshooting and Diagnostics
Fuel Gauge Reads Inaccurately or Hangs Near Empty This one was a bit of a stumper for me, and something that I probably would never have sorted had I not looked closely at things... The complaint: When the fuel level got down to about 1/4 tank or lower, the gauge did not read accurately...
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It was suggested to me to store the car with the tank near full, and that a couple tanks of Chevron Techron ”might” clear up the fidgety needle I was experiencing. But I decided to just get a new one “while I could.”
Who knew those “while you can” decisions would pay dividends at all, let alone so soon? SMDH… these companies need to rethink their spare parts policies, IMO. Hopefully the “Young People and Old Cars” thing will cause them to do so.
maw
Who knew those “while you can” decisions would pay dividends at all, let alone so soon? SMDH… these companies need to rethink their spare parts policies, IMO. Hopefully the “Young People and Old Cars” thing will cause them to do so.
maw
Following....at times mine will periodically dither, although not close to empty. It'll be around 2/3rds, then randomly float down for a couple of seconds before returning. Haven't investigated more fwiw, just saw this and thought I would jump on.
Thanks for the comments. The problem I'm experiencing is the classic flutter: the gauge seems to work fine until about half-full, then starts fluctuating wildly below that. I'll try the Techron suggestion and if that doesn't work, will probably pull the sender and do the cleaning as described in other threads.
That said, I'm still up for buying a new unit, if I can find one!
(I'm also having transmission issues that I'll post in another thread update)
That said, I'm still up for buying a new unit, if I can find one!
(I'm also having transmission issues that I'll post in another thread update)
Lol. One in Japan for sale - $1,900!!!
W124 E500E 90Lタンク用燃料ゲージ 1245420304 - Yahoo!オークション
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That's climbing rapidly up to the EUR 5,000 standard for NOS NLA E500E parts!!!Lol. One in Japan for sale - $1,900!!!
W124 E500E 90Lタンク用燃料ゲージ 1245420304 - Yahoo!オークション
供給終了品です。新品です。1245420304124のセダン90Lタンク用です。取り付けも承ります。当方で取り付ける場合以外、ノーサポートで願います。（2024年 9月 1日 16時 36分 追加）スポンジは付属しませんpage.auctions.yahoo.co.jp
