John, Last time I was into the dealer with my 1995 E300D, they told me that there is outstanding recall for my car.
This recall was "for wrapping some wires in under the floor"... don't know the details but I plan on taking it back for the recall. I wonder if this has any correlation to your discovery? Might be worth checking with your dealer. Jan Guthrie 1995 E300D 1987 300TD 1985 300TD pos John M McIntosh wrote: > Now that I'm back from three weeks of work I dug deeper into the w124 > 92 diesel and today as I was preparing for steam cleaning the carpets > I discovered that the > left foot well right below the left side foot rest had about 3 cups > of very fine sand in the wiring harness box. > > It appears that water/sand drains down the crevices in the foot rest > and dumps directly into the wiring harness. The cover for the harness > comes along and the top part ends about 2-3 inches from the firewall > exposing the wiring and providing a channel for water & sand. I first > thought the left side sun roof drain channel or something else was > leaking but the firewall didn't have any signs of drainage/drip paths > > Mmm I doubt collecting sand there was the intent, so question is what > should be there to prevent this issue? > > Oh, and I don't think anyone for the last N years put the rear seat > down so the latch was "sticky". I had to crawl into the rear and > pound with my feet to convince it to unlatch. A bit of Mobil 1 spray > oil loosened things up. > > John > 1983 300TDt 354k Kilometers (mobil 1 Delvac) > 1992 300TDt 145k Kilometers (mobil 1 Delvac) > 1993 500SEL 165k Kilometers (mobil 1 0w40) > > _______________________________________ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For new parts see www.buymbparts.com > For repairs see www.oldworldauto.com > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
