Part question

[RodSav12]

Hi,

Can someone please tell me:

- name of the part
- part number
- where to buy it

Thanks,

Rod

[Frank Beck]

Moito (Franz) has one for sale.

The part is called "expensive".

http://www.early911sregistry.org/for...ilver-box-type

[Bobs 67S]

Rod,

1966 parts manual illustration 9/1 item #10, 901 612 892 00 Cable connection 2 poles.

Try Jim at EASY, Emeryville CA

Note the center bakelite fin is broken. These are two different circuits that were insulated from each other by that center partition fin.
A wide blade screwdriver could have busted out that center fin. Note the oversized washers, that are on yours, overlap that broke out center fin space.
Have you had any shorting between those circuits?.

I was Unable to find this part many years ago so I made a fiberglass center fin to the original shape and JB weld'd it in place.

Even a thin plastic sheet folded into this shape _ll_ and holes drilled for the screws would add a center partition



The original cheese head screws are a smaller width than in your photo.
I turned a set of phillips screws to a narrow head to insure not busting out a repaired center partition.

Investigate if the wire ends are original - they were a very narrow width at the hole. Current crimp on's are wider than the original space possibly causing that center fin to be busted out.

While trying to find an intermitten-miss in early car we found the top wire had crimp on new style wire ends wider than the space to this junction box so it bound (screw tight) but didn't make solid contact - the bottom wire could jiggle and make "sometime contact". Filed the "crimp on" to a narrow width so it would fit into that valley and the screw could be correctly tightened.... no more miss.

Hope someone is selling a replacement part - and you find it. Let us know what you find.

EDIT Looks like Frank has directed us to Franz's post.... new .... love the contacts this site has been able to make.

[HarryD]

If you do not need to 100% correct, Newark has what you need: http://www.newark.com/webapp/wcs/sto...,813189195&vw=

As does McMaster Carr http://www.mcmaster.com/#terminal-strips/=14qbbgd

[Alan.uk]

Hi, I will take a look as I may have one or 2 floating around.

Alan

[Alan.uk]

Sorry, no joy, but if I find one I will let you know.

[Olivier]

Mercedes part number A 0005461841

They used to sell it for the astronomic sum of about 10€...

Olivier.

[304065]

Found in any Mercedes 450SL in a junkyard near you . . . of course for concours you need the ancient ones from the "Ponton" with the flat screw head, not the Philips. If you open the hood they are on the right side next to the coil, they are a terminal block for the two ballast resistors used in the R107 ignition.

When you get these from the boneyard, you can use some simichrome to polish the bakelite, makes them look new. You should re-plate the screws.

And as has been said, DO NOT break the center fin! You break this by putting terminals that are too wide in there, or too many terminals. I have broken a couple. . .

[moito]

Mercedes part number A 0005461841

They used to sell it for the astronomic sum of about 10€...

Olivier.

geek info:thats the plastic part in black unlike the bakelit one used in swb`s

[Olivier]

geek info:thats the plastic part in black unlike the bakelit one used in swb`s

Maybe... But it had all the markings and the correct screws from memory. And it was still made by LK.
I do not understand why it was 10€ 5yrs ago, and now it's 80€....

Maybe the P factor! =)