Idle Solenoid Available Again After Long Absence

[mdsalemi]

This just in from the USA Classic Center...


Idle Solenoid Available Again After Long Absence

Great news for owners of classic Mercedes‑Benz models with fuel-injected in-line six engines built between 1963 and 1972. The idle solenoid is now available again after a long absence! Fits all M127/129/130E engines. Call 1-866-622-5277 or email classicparts@mbusa.com to order yours today for $1,680.00 (retail $2,100.00).

[TJMart]

I saw the email. The price is a bit much! Can the old ones be rebuilt?

[teahead]

is this the same as the CSS?

[Pawel66]

I bought it from the dealer in the summer. I thought it was known it can be bought from MB...

It is longer than the one I had on the car (housing was shorter, not the travel) so I had to adjust the bracket a bit.

It is also weaker than my old one, which was a bit surprising.

[Cees Klumper]

I paid something like $300 for my new one around 2007.

Parts for my 1990 Ford Bronco are a fraction of the MB price as in 1/5. Pierre Hedary just released a video commenting on the often poor quality of new MB parts for pre-'72 cars.

[sandcrab59]

Cees:
I will bet that it was made in China, who produces inferior parts.
Tom M

[Cees Klumper]

No Tom, it was a MB part.
Incidentally, China also produces many high quality things. But you get what you pay for, below some level (but not so much above).