Haynes manual for W124

You can get the MB service Library on CD for the 124. I think it is much better than the Haynes Manuals. Look on Ebay if you want to save some money but only go for the genuine article. There are other third party manuals out there such as Mitchell 1 which are not very good.

Peter

Better? At least more expensive...

I got one off ebay already (a 2 CD set), but it is harder to find the information I need. I guess I am just too used to the Haynes manuals. I will have to learn more MB speak to get through the service library.

What you really want is the Bentley book Stu Ritter wrote. It's the only book they publish for MB and is up to their usual standards.

I bought a 2 CD set on eBay for around $26. What junk! The contents had been heavily purged. The seller won't refund my money either, and he has the CDs! I suspect the expensive CDs ($125 or so) from the stealer's part dept. are the way to go. The seller's eBay is Manuals Unlimited, AKA Sheffield and Rogers, FWIW.

Another option, useful if you have a specific need, is to use mbtech.com. AFIK this is an official MB site. It costs $19.95 a day or serveral $$$ per month. I plan to use it for a day to download all the information relevant to the problem I'm working at the time if I keep the car.

Rod

Too bad you got ripped off. I bought a set of MB library CD's for the

Is there a reason, besides cost, not to just buy the factory manuals from an MB dealer? That's what I did and I have all 4 manuals for my 240D and 300D. The manuals, in my opinion, are very good.

Cost would be one. The other, I really like the Haynes manuals. they have never failed me and have always contained the necessaryb information for the DIY'er.

I will most likely order the UK version of the manual (Unless I can get the library to order it). Fortunately I only spent 10 bucks on the Cd set.