David writes: > > Lee Levitt wrote: > > Yep, this is pretty much what I did. The actuator and the > control rod > > are threaded, and it's unclear whether they're simply > supposed to be > > forced together or whether you're supposed to spin one to > thread the > > rod into the actuator. > > > > I think this is one of those BTDTs. Anybody? Buehler? > > > > I missed what model this is for. On the door actuators of my > W123, the plastic bit on the actuator that the rod goes into > snaps open. While it looks threaded, in reality you just > push it in from the side, then snap the plastic coupler > together around it. I think there was a metal U-shaped piece > I had to remove before I could unsnap them, but I haven't > looked at the things in six months, so I might be remembering wrong. >
That makes sense. This is the trunk lock on a W124. I can't get the outer piece off the plastic bit... Lee '93 300D 2.5 181K
