Part number prefixes are meaningless for the most part. In many cases they’ll cross over between chassis numbers over time, so the prefixes are irrelevant at that point.
That’s like some of my W111 parts having 108 prefixes. -D > On Jun 9, 2019, at 8:10 PM, OK Don via Mercedes <[email protected]> wrote: > > OK - my memory is slipping - it's the R129 that is based on the W124. The > R/C107 is based on the W114/115. > > Part numbers. When I owned both a pair of W124s and a C107 I noticed > several 107 part numbers started with 124. When I needed a pair of new rear > axel half shafts, I ordered them from Rusty - both of them had 124 part > numbers, though the left and right were different - the Right one had the > teeth for measuring rotation by a sensor for the anti-slip (or what ever MB > called it) on the R129 that wasn't on my W124. I had to grind them down to > get the axle into the wheel hub. Rusty offered to replace it with the > correct part, but I was already driving the car by that point. (He wasn't > open on Sundays). > > On Sun, Jun 9, 2019 at 5:11 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Citation, please? I’ve never heard of this, I would like to see the source >> of the information. >> >> -D >> >> >>> On Jun 9, 2019, at 6:04 PM, OK Don via Mercedes <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Sounds good, but the R107 was built on the W124 chassis --- >>> >>> On Sun, Jun 9, 2019 at 4:53 PM Clay Monroe via Mercedes < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> If you stare at the issue long enough it does become obvious. >>>> >>>> >>>> The w113 is of the era of w110/111/112/114/115/116 design class >>>> >>>> R107 follows the 108/109 numbering scheme of dart board naming >>>> >>>> With the advent of the w123, we moved to the w126/w124 and needing a >>>> replacement for the long in the tooth, R107, follow with a w129. There >>>> must be a large hole in the desert where the w127/128 are buried. >>>> >>>> >>>> clay monroe >>>> >>>>> I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for >> what >>>> I'm looking for didn't fall out. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Jun 9, 2019, at 10:14 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Thanks. No rhyme or reason in the progression: W113, 107, 129. >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, Jun 9, 2019 at 6:17 AM Dimitri Seretakis <[email protected] >>> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Chassis of SL after R107. >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> OK Don >>> >>> "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to >>> pause and reflect." Mark Twain >>> >>> "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few >> who >>> learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence >>> for themselves." >>> >>> WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* >>> 2013 F150, 18 mpg >>> 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg >>> 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > > -- > OK Don > > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to > pause and reflect." Mark Twain > > "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who > learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence > for themselves." > > WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
