E-Class (W124) 1984-1995: E 260, E 300, E 320, E 420, E 500 (Includes CE, T, TD models)

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Old Aug 10, 2008 | 05:52 PM
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1988 E260

Hope someone can help....gotta friend who i managed to talk into buying a mec......one problem......we put a fuel pump on it and it fired straight up, but fouled the plugs.....put a set of plugs in it and it fouled them again.....is there a way of getting the flash codes without buying and expensive tool.....i know on some cars you can short 2 pins on the data link....dont wanna mess up his "new baby"........
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Old Aug 12, 2008 | 12:54 AM
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This site you will find easy to follow and will help get you started....demonstrates how to build a homebrew tool to get started
http://pages.prodigy.net/jforgione/MB_X11.html

If u have any more questions, post them, I have an 88 260E also...the information is limited on these cars, I think all I could retrive was codes for the A/C and SRS units...
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