Information
M.B Spares and Service is committed to supporting the Mercedes-Benz
owners of Australia and the rest of the world. For that reason we have
devoted a large percentage of our website to offering you as much
information as we can about your car. Below is a list of interesting
pages that you can browse.
We also produce a newsletter for our customers that is full of
interesting information. This Newsletter used to be published on a
monthly basis, but lately they have been some large gaps in between them.
When we are busy getting the customer orders ship oped comes before the
Newsletter.
To find out how to subscribe to it please click here.
We also have a Facebook page that you can find here.
Boredom busters
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, MB Spares & Service are doing their bit to keep those of you staying homeoccupied and to stop the walls from closing in around you. We hope we can play our small part in keeping…
Locating chassis/engine numbers
Locating chassis and engine numbers. We get quite a few calls from people asking about the location of their chassis and engine number. So we have compiled a set of pictures that show the location and format for as many…
Mercedes-Benz colour codes.
We are often asked questions about colour codes: - what is my colour code - where do I find my colour code - is my car the correct original colour - the list go on So here is our effort to help those searching the net to…
Mercedes-Benz dealer codes
Did you know that each country has its own dealer code? This code is part of the Auftrags-Nr (translates as order or contract number) on your data card. Australia is 901, it is also common for us to see codes 823 which is Hong…
OZBENZ National meet
MB Spares & Service have been sponsoring the OZBENZ forum since its inception in 2002 and is proud to announce the inaugural OZBENZ National Meet to be held here in Canberra on the 22nd and 23rd of September 2018. …
Workshop Manuals on CD-rom
Back in the late 1990's early 2000's, Mercedes-Benz of North America put out a series of workshop manuals on CD-rom. Basically they were the factory manuals scanned into .pdf format. These manuals were…
Newsletters
M.B Spares and Service have a FREE monthly newsletter that is published here on our website. It contains up to date information and new developments in the world of Mercedes-Benz, Special discount offers, Competitions and…
Data Cards
Data Cards Explained! Have you got the data card for your car? Every new Mercedes-Benz has a Data card with it when it is delivered to the first owner. Usually it is attached to the service manual (log book). It is a very…
Interesting Mercedes stuff.
Interesting Stuff. Here are some interesting pieces of history. Firstly a sales receipt for a 180D from 1958. This car was picked up in Germany by an Australian owner who was on a overseas posting. He drove the car in Europe for…
The A Class pages.
Hello, this is one of the very early pages from our website. This one was published in 1999 and by todays standards looks terrible. It does however have some good information in it so we have left it up on the web. …
The AMG page.
Hello, this page was first published on our website in late 2000 (remember the Millennium bug) and by todays standard the pictures are terrible, but as an interesting record of history we have left…
The BINZ pages.
This page was first published in 1998, two years after we launched on the internet. Since then we have purchased a Binz W110 wagon. You can see pictures of its restoration here. A page devoted to the many specials based on…
The LWB pages.
W123 250LWB sedan Mercedes-Benz have been building long wheel base versions (LWB) of their sedans since 1967 when they first produced the 200D long wheel base sedan in conjunction with the German coach builder Binz. The one…
Understanding chassis numbers
Good question! Read this page to understand the mystery of Mercedes Chassis and Engine numbers. Many parts from our extensive stock list can be ordered just by giving us the model (eg: 280SE) and the year of manufacture. But to…
Mercedez Benz Clubs
There are over 80 Mercedes-Benz car clubs in the world that all operate as individual chapters of the Mercedes-Benz Classic Car Club GmbH (MBCCC) It is the central umbrella organization for all Mercedes-Benz clubs. You can…
Mercedes-Benz Campervans
We built our own Mercedes-Benz Campervan from a 1998 412D Sprinter back in 2001. Here are some pictures of it's construction along with some of it touring around Australia. It was sold in 2012 and replaced with a 413CDI…
