Shifter removal on 124
06-22-2010, 07:07 PM
#1
Member
Thread Starter
Shifter removal on 124
I have just bought a 1994 e320 cabrio and want to upgrade my shifter to a wood one.Does anyone know how hard this is and what is the procedure. Thanks Jimbo
06-22-2010, 07:16 PM
#2
MBWorld Fanatic!
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: So Cal
Posts: 1,907
Likes: 0
Received 2 Likes
on
2 Posts
92 500e, 95 E34 525I Touring
Me about an hour the first time on my 500e without instruction, to remove the stock knob and completely install the new one. The 500e has the "B" switch on it which gets in the way, so it could potentially take you less.
www.2phast.com/500e
www.2phast.com/500e
06-22-2010, 10:32 PM
#3
MBWorld Fanatic!
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Kirkland, WA
Posts: 1,213
Likes: 0
Received 5 Likes
on
5 Posts
500E Signal Rot
Me about an hour the first time on my 500e without instruction, to remove the stock knob and completely install the new one. The 500e has the "B" switch on it which gets in the way, so it could potentially take you less.
www.2phast.com/500e
www.2phast.com/500e
06-23-2010, 07:53 AM
#4
MBWorld Fanatic!
Join Date: May 2005
Location: REHOBOTH BEACH DE
Posts: 2,494
Likes: 0
Received 17 Likes
on
17 Posts
88-300CE TWIN TURBO, 99-C43, 05-G55K, 71-280SL, 94-E320 CAB, 08 CLK63 BLACK SERIES
Lift up your armrest.
Slide back the cover of the console box.
Remove the two screws from the interior lower front of the console box.
These screws fix the box to the console.
Lift the box from the console.
Put the car in neutral with the e-brake on.
Remove the one screw in the lower front of the console that holds the wood shifter trim to the console.
Lift the wood trim up and out over the shifter and set aside.
The shifter/knob assembly is threaded into the shifter mechanism.
I don't recall, but there may be a set screw that you have to first loosen before unthreading the shifter.
Ed A.
Last edited by RBYCC; 06-23-2010 at 07:57 AM.
06-23-2010, 01:00 PM
#5
MBWorld Fanatic!
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Kirkland, WA
Posts: 1,213
Likes: 0
Received 5 Likes
on
5 Posts
500E Signal Rot
From memory...
Lift up your armrest.
Slide back the cover of the console box.
Remove the two screws from the interior lower front of the console box.
These screws fix the box to the console.
Lift the box from the console.
Put the car in neutral with the e-brake on.
Remove the one screw in the lower front of the console that holds the wood shifter trim to the console.
Lift the wood trim up and out over the shifter and set aside.
The shifter/knob assembly is threaded into the shifter mechanism.
I don't recall, but there may be a set screw that you have to first loosen before unthreading the shifter.
Ed A.
Lift up your armrest.
Slide back the cover of the console box.
Remove the two screws from the interior lower front of the console box.
These screws fix the box to the console.
Lift the box from the console.
Put the car in neutral with the e-brake on.
Remove the one screw in the lower front of the console that holds the wood shifter trim to the console.
Lift the wood trim up and out over the shifter and set aside.
The shifter/knob assembly is threaded into the shifter mechanism.
I don't recall, but there may be a set screw that you have to first loosen before unthreading the shifter.
Ed A.
06-23-2010, 04:07 PM
#7
MBWorld Fanatic!
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Kirkland, WA
Posts: 1,213
Likes: 0
Received 5 Likes
on
5 Posts
500E Signal Rot
I just recovered a Sportline shifter for a friend and installed it a couple of weeks back, so the details are still fresh.
