If your seat does not slide, getting the bolts out is a problem. the
slides have o-rings on steel rollers. as the o-rings harden, sometimes the
slide slides without rolling the roller. When this happens, the slide
binds. Kerr's method is the strongarm way to get the seat to move so you
can get the bolts out easier. the slides can be repaired by bending the
tab that keeps the slide together and taking it apart. Replace the o-rings
and reassemble. On one seat, I took the rollers out and tossed them and
put the slide back together without the rollers. After 20 years or so it
is still working, although it is metal to metal. The rollers make a more
elegant solution, but can bind.
The original question was about removing the seat, not about binding seat
slides.
At 01:45 PM 6/28/2005, you wrote:
Curt,
I was in the same boat last Thanksgiving. All the suggestions I got from 2
Mercedes lists failed. Finally, I got it work for me this way.
1. You need to put the front bolts back and fasten them tight (this is a
must for 4.).
2. Pull up the the side slide release bar (tie it up or ask someone to
help to hold it).
3. Lubricate the sliders with WD40 or some fancy spay.
4. Use a strong pry bar privet it underneath the seat against the steel
frame in the back and use a firm up and forward push from behind the seat.
(I used a bent landscaping iron rod about 4-5'). The seat should be easily
raised forward to reveal those two hidden bolts.
Good luck for you and let me know the result!
Kerr
Curt Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hey Gang!
Can anybody give me words of wisdom on removing the drivers seat from my
'83 240D? The front bolts are pretty self explanitory but the rears have
me perplexed. Haynes is as usual useless on this. (Surprisingly good on
the fuel filters that had me scared though) I looked at the real manual
last year when I first got the seat but didn't get any real inspiration...
-Curt
'83 240D "Hammie" 241kmi
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