Mercedes W201 190E 190D Repair For KICK-DOWN and similar items

This is for a new upgraded heavy duty polymer Bowden cable threaded adjuster piece for the "collared" Mercedes Bowden cable and adjuster type shown. This comes with a one year warranty and illustrated instructions sent via messages. This is only the threaded adjuster piece, not the entire cable. Install takes about 15 minutes. While cable lengths and attachments down at the transmission can vary Mercedes used the same style adjuster at the upper/throttle end of the cable for certain years. Compare yours to be sure. If you aren't sure just send a photo via messages. 2023 All Rights Reserved. Be sure that this is what you need. Returns cannot have been installed or tested or test fit or be missing original components. Such an item cannot be re-listed. If you are just now looking for a whole cable those have been long discontinued by Mercedes. Any listings you see online are just part vendors keeping their old links active to get you to visit their site. This new adjuster piece is a direct replacement of your existing piece. After decades of exposure to an engine compartment the original adjusters become brittle and eventually break. Even if you find a "good used" cable the adjuster piece is still aged out. While this might seem like a poor design by Mercedes it's actually a very good design. It has done very well given the materials available in the 80's. Note that any threaded screw/nut combination requires the parts to be made of the same material if they're going to last. A metal adjuster quickly wears out the plastic nut. An all metal setup wears out the stranded cable moving back and forth through the adjuster. It's all been tried. This new adjuster piece maintains their design with modern polymers and more mass. This adjuster piece installs in place in about 15 minutes without cutting or separating your cable in any way. The alternative is replacing the whole cable which requires either a mechanic or a longer DIY project under the car. Replacing the adjuster is 20x easier. If Mercedes offered a cable and also offered just the replacement adjuster I'd get the replacement adjuster and leave the rest of the cable alone. The adjuster lets you skip the mechanic/labor costs/down time of replacing the whole cable. Symptoms of a bad adjuster can include the transmission appearing to slip or flare as well as late shifting or early shifting. All of these conditions will eventually cost you a transmission. This demanding little piece has taken over a year of R D including months spent testing over 100 design variants. After long drawn out expenses + site seller fees + PayPal transaction fees + shipping fees it's barely worth it on here because of all the middle men. If it helps I can go a bit lower without the warranty. To protect intellectual property for now the item you receive will look different from the images shown. I did all of this to help keep these cars on the road. It would be so much easier if Mercedes would just stop discontinuing parts for our older cars but that won't change when they make more selling $2,400+ headlight assemblies for their newer cars. Shifter detent passing kickdown pressure cable W4A 020 Free shipping in the U.S. If there's a problem let me know and I'll work with you. My work keeps me away often so to be safe, handling time to get this shipped out is 1 week. BIDDER SPECIFICS: This has to do with ensuring that new or infrequent buyers have a good experience. If you have less than 20 feedback or had a bad experience in the past 12 months please contact me first. If your feedback is private/hidden please contact me. If you have any questions please just ask. SHIPPING ADDRESS: I can only send your item to the registered shipping address at time of payment.