95 E320 Ignition Part Identification - Please Help!
Thread Starter
Newbie
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 1
Likes: 0
1991 500SL, 1995 E320 Wagon - 500e Conversion
95 E320 Ignition Part Identification - Please Help!
I'm in the process of changing out the ignition switch in my 1995 E320 wagon and have run into some trouble after taking everything apart.
The ignition switch currently in my wagon has a plastic T-shaped piece in the center, but all of the replacement ignition switches I've found are missing that plastic T-shaped piece and only have a metal slot in the middle. Below are images of the difference I'm describing.
Has anyone else run into this problem?
What my ignition switch looks like:
What all the replacement ignition switches look like:
The ignition switch currently in my wagon has a plastic T-shaped piece in the center, but all of the replacement ignition switches I've found are missing that plastic T-shaped piece and only have a metal slot in the middle. Below are images of the difference I'm describing.
Has anyone else run into this problem?
What my ignition switch looks like:
What all the replacement ignition switches look like:
MBWorld Fanatic!
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 1,028
Likes: 133
From: Massachusetts
2018 GLE350, 2014 G550, 2000 SL500, 1980 TR8, 1995 E320 Cabriolet
Is the plastic T-handle piece removable if you pull on it? Perhaps it is one of those things that needs to be transferred to the replacement part.
Edit: I checked the EPC and noted the two parts that interface to the actual ignition switch. They are a washer (17), part 124 462 14 75, and the parking pawl (8), part 124 460 01 75. I also noted the the original switch (11) , part 124 462 03 93 has been superseded by 202 545 01 04. It may be the newer switch has the slot instead of the T-handle piece and so requires the change out of one or both of the above.
Edit: I checked the EPC and noted the two parts that interface to the actual ignition switch. They are a washer (17), part 124 462 14 75, and the parking pawl (8), part 124 460 01 75. I also noted the the original switch (11) , part 124 462 03 93 has been superseded by 202 545 01 04. It may be the newer switch has the slot instead of the T-handle piece and so requires the change out of one or both of the above.
Last edited by Floobydust; Nov 16, 2011 at 03:12 PM.
