Pagoda SL Group

W113 Pagoda SL Group => Electrical and Instruments => Topic started by: guyke on January 13, 2017, 15:08:28

Title: fuel sender hard to find
Post by: guyke on January 13, 2017, 15:08:28
this is my original fuel sender 111 542 1104 its the one whit the arm and floating device
i would change the fuel sender to a newer type 110 542 1204 the ones whit the aluminieum sleeve , i think while running the fuel is going up and down in the tank and whit that old type jour gauche is going up and down also
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Tauchrohr-Tankgeber-fur-Mercedes-W108-W109-W110-W111-W113-W114-W115-/122285920945?hash=item1c78cf12b1:g:b~kAAOSwA3dYYkwb
second problem is that the old type fuel sender is verry rare to find
i found a ebay seller that have a type that could match but i would have to change the cables connected to the sender ,
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Tankgeber-fur-Mercedes-W108-W110-W111-W113-Pagode-W114-W115-/401232316426?hash=item5d6b4f480a:g:T6IAAOSwj85YOH~V
did any one already changed its fuel sender to another one , ?
the picture is the one i have in my car
Title: Re: fuel sender hard to find
Post by: Jonny B on January 13, 2017, 16:52:21
I did a bit of a search, and found that the sender and gauge are matched. That is, the new style (canister) will not work with the old style (float) gauge. There was also some comment about two different types of canister sensors, but could not find any detail on this.

BTW - I just happened to be speaking with my mechanic yesterday, and even the canister style are hard to get.

You can use the search functionality to find some of the specific information.
Title: Re: fuel sender hard to find
Post by: cabrioletturbo on January 13, 2017, 16:54:00
Replacement here, if you ever need it.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mercedes-Benz-Fuel-Sending-Unit-230SL-220SE-300SE-220S-Reproduction-/261848878548?hash=item3cf768cdd4:g:f4gAAOSwpDdVKsuT

Not affiliated with the seller, etc, etc.... just trying to help.


Quote from: guyke on January 13, 2017, 15:08:28
this is my original fuel sender 111 542 1104 its the one whit the arm and floating device
i would change the fuel sender to a newer type 110 542 1204 the ones whit the aluminieum sleeve , i think while running the fuel is going up and down in the tank and whit that old type jour gauche is going up and down also
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Tauchrohr-Tankgeber-fur-Mercedes-W108-W109-W110-W111-W113-W114-W115-/122285920945?hash=item1c78cf12b1:g:b~kAAOSwA3dYYkwb
second problem is that the old type fuel sender is verry rare to find
i found a ebay seller that have a type that could match but i would have to change the cables connected to the sender ,
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Tankgeber-fur-Mercedes-W108-W110-W111-W113-Pagode-W114-W115-/401232316426?hash=item5d6b4f480a:g:T6IAAOSwj85YOH~V
did any one already changed its fuel sender to another one , ?
the picture is the one i have in my car
Title: Re: fuel sender hard to find
Post by: guyke on January 13, 2017, 18:55:45
300 dollar delivered to belguim  :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[
i slowely start to hate the pagoda because parts are so hard to get , and if jou find them thay are worth the weight of gold , i find it scam 230 dollar for a piece of plastic and a resitor
im gona try the one fitted on the early 190 , maybe i can recalibrate the gauche or fit an extra resitor to adjust  >:(
Title: Re: fuel sender hard to find
Post by: Benz Dr. on January 13, 2017, 19:57:42
Here is what you can do. Get a sender for a 190SL and mount it so that the float points to the right side of the tank when installed. You will need to drill an extra hole in the mounting flange because it's indexed towards the left side of the tank.
The reason for doing this is important. You can mount the sender as is but the float will hit the flower pot once it gets down to about 1/3 tank. I had this same problem on a 1960 220SE where it kept running out of fuel even though the gauge said it still had fuel in the tank. Checking the sender function showed it was working perfectly which was very perplexing.We finally figured out how to fit it which worked perfectly.
Title: Re: fuel sender hard to find
Post by: Anthony on January 14, 2017, 09:26:53
The aluminium fuel sender will not work for your car.

Prijzen in Amerika zijn zeer verschillend met de Europese prijzen, vaak vragen ze het dubbel in prijs en daar nog eens bovenop moet er vaak import tax betaald worden bij aankomst.
Title: Re: fuel sender hard to find
Post by: guyke on January 14, 2017, 10:19:20
i wil buy the fuel sender from antony his shop (type 190 sl fuel sender) , and wil install that , keep u poste on that
Title: Re: fuel sender hard to find
Post by: guyke on January 23, 2017, 16:25:33
fuel sender found , i wil install it as soon as it gets a little warmer in my garage
@anthony , thanks for the fast and good  service
Title: Re: fuel sender hard to find
Post by: Anthony on January 24, 2017, 08:49:02
My pleasure.  :) Keep us updated!