The bike places sell a little rubber device that clamps on the cable at one
end. There is then a small hole to insert an aerosol can tube of the lube
of your choice. About $14 for mine and it worked well for me. I sprayed in
Kroil.
Thanks
Harry
86 300 SDL ( going on the block shortly)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Euan" <goneb...@paradise.net.nz>
To: <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2010 7:17 PM
Subject: [MBZ] How do you lubricate accelerator cables?
Gentlemen
The answer to this question is probably 'get new cables'. But here goes
anyway.
I want to lubricate the two accelerator cables in my 300TD engine bay. Dry
cables (now 400+ K miles old) may be contributing to occasional failures
of my accelerator to return to idle. I've replaced associated struts and
have lubricated all the mini ball-joints in the linkages.
I'm loathe to use WD40 which is the most likely to run freely between
inner and outer. But how do you get light lubricating oil to run down the
length of the cable?
Cheers
Euan
Christchurch
NZ
1985 W123 300TD 5-spd manual
221K miles
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