I can scout the part next time I am at a PnP.
clay
On Mar 13, 2016, at 1:58 PM, WILTON via Mercedes wrote:
>
> Well, yesterday was a sad, bad day here in sunny Eastern NC. I can no longer
> refer to my 29½-year-old '87 300D (144 kmi) as "showroom" or nearly
> "showroom." Though it still has no significant dings, scratches or dents,
> and is badly in need of a good "Marthaing," yesterday I discovered that a
> section ('bout 6" X 8") of the plastic, inner fender immediately behind left
> front wheel has broken loose from the mounting point at lower, front corner
> of the rocker panel and is hanging by a place only 1" long at end of a crack
> along top edge of the piece. Lucky to have not lost the piece. I "doctored"
> (glued it in place) with black silicone gooped between the piece and forward
> end of rocker panel and along the crack. 'Holding it in place for day or so
> with blue painter's tape. Reminds me of baling-wire fixes of "days-of-yore."
> 'Just thought of another possible way to hold it together - "sew" the crack
> together with loops of small, thin tiewraps (zipties). I'll watch it and
> decide if it needs more doctoring. If I were able, I scout salvage yard for
> replacement inner fender.
>
> Wilton
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