And cover the engine and fenders with a tarp or something before you begin, Otherwise you'll have sticky stuff everywhere. Old pads tend to come off in pieces.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Peter > Frederick > Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2014 8:46 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hood pad replacement question > > Use the 8090, anything else usually falls off when it gets hot. > > Clean any loose crap off and as much adhesive as possible. Hopefully > whoever put the last one on did it right and you don't have globs of > liquid nails or 1/8" of rock hard adhesive to deal with. Soften it > with the adhesive remover and clean off as much as practical. Factory > will wipe right off, so will properly applied aftermarket. Most > people soak it down six times more than necessary and you have a mess > -- last time I did one it took about four hours to get all the crap off. > > Set the hood to the 90 degree position when clean if it's not already > there and fit the new pad dry. Get it adjusted perfectly, it's not > gonna move after you start. > > Use a broom or something similar to hold the lower half of the pad in > position and peel the upper half down and let it hang. Apply three > VERY THIN coats of adhesive to hood and pad. The pad is open cell > foam, the adhesive will not appear to be present when you are done. > Allow to dry until tacky and then very carefully press the pad to the > hood starting at the broom and going up. If it didn't move at all, it > should go right back were it was. Press firmly all over, then fold up > the bottom half and repeat. > > You should be able to do at least two complete pads with a single can > of adhesive, probably two and a half. This should give you an idea of > how much glue to use. > > Please don't use any of the shortcut methods such as liquid nails, > construction adhesive, caulk, or any of the other idiot ideas, you > will have to remove all that crap in five or six years when the new > one falls apart, and believe me, scraping a thick layer of Liquid Nail > off the hood is NOT fun, and if you don't, it will again fail and drop > your new pad on the engine! > > Peter > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
