Vehicle designation (Mercedes-Benz S-Class W116)

The factory data table is located on the right side of the upper part of the radiator frame and contains information about the car type, chassis number, permissible full load, permissible loads on the front and rear wheels, paint coating number. The chassis number is also stamped on the mudguard protrusion. The first six characters of the number refer to the designation of the car type, the seventh character is the steering wheel location, the eighth is the gearbox type data. The next six characters are the ordinal number. The numbers in the seventh place mean: 1 - left-hand drive, 2 - right-hand drive. Eighth character: 0 - manual gearbox, 2 - automatic gearbox.

The engine number is stamped on the front left of six-cylinder engines and on the rear left of eight-cylinder engines below the cylinder head joint plane - cylinder block. When ordering spare parts, it is extremely important to specify the full body and engine numbers.

On the gearbox, final drive, and steering mechanism, the series numbers are stamped on the housings.

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