So three of the four front seats in my two wagons are slightly saggy/bouncy. They all have spring but no support. How do I know whether a new interior cushion vs. the bottom spring is needed?
On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 2:36 PM, WILTON <wilt...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > Somebody put it together; surely somebody else can take it apart and > replace whatever necessary. 'May get tedious removing threads, etc., > holding it together, but I'd bet it can be done, 'less it's held together > with some exotic glue, "welding," etc. > 'Course, on just the armrest, there's not terribly much of it. > > Wilton > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "andrew strasfogel" < > astrasfo...@gmail.com> > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 9:33 AM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] seat finally repaired > > > Is it possible to replace just the vinyl piping on a W123 arm rest? >> It's >> cracked and pinches my forearm when I rest my arm on it. >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 9:01 AM, Bill R <billr32...@comcast.net> wrote: >> >> I finally took the spring base I got from Kaleb last year and hit the >>> upholstery shop yesterday. The new pieces [driver's seat and seat back >>> where you slide in and out, top and side of arm rest] are just a bit >>> darker >>> than the rest, but I suppose 28 years of occasional sun will fade things >>> a >>> bit. They did a fine job and the seat is a whole lot better, though I >>> think >>> the bill was a bit skewed. They put it at $200 parts and $20 labor for >>> replacing the spring base with mine and putting in the new pieces. They >>> had >>> it for 6 hours, but it is hard to imagine they could do the seat removal, >>> base replacement, disassembly and sewing in the new pieces and reinstall >>> for >>> $20, or that the replacement pieces were $200. Doesn't matter, I guess. >>> I'm quite pleased with the result. >>> >>> BillR >>> >>> -------------- next part -------------- >>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >>> URL: < >>> >>> http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090605/2f7dabc9/attachment.html >>> > >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: < >> http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090605/2bbb1a31/attachment.html> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090605/34a04911/attachment.html> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
