Elaborate, please. What do you want to do with it? If you’re asking about replacement of the cover, it’s done in situ. The seam across the back has a “U” shaped channel in it just like the bottom edge of the seat covers. The opposite side of the material has a heavy cardboard-like material that fits in this channel under pressure, that is, it has to get “past” the U and then fits into it. In other words, you have to put the cover on the armrest frame and stretch it to get past the channel and insert the cardboard strip.
The release button just prys off and is pressed back on, being held in place with some plastic “fingers”. Pretty straightforward, really. Especially if it’s newer leather or has been pretreated with Leatherique. My upholstery guy can come up with most colors in really good or as new condition. Mine was $20 shipped to me. -D > On Feb 26, 2017, at 11:57 PM, Andrew Strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > What steps are involved in r/r the center 123 armrest? > > On Sun, Feb 26, 2017 at 4:49 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: > Got the Leatherique cleaned up and done. Leather recovered well, the only > issue being that Leatherique darkens any splits or cracks. Not a big deal, > just an appearance thing. I’ve got a new armrest cover coming from my > upholstery guy in CA - $20 shipped. > > Got the trunk badge cleaned up and installed, including painting the accent > line below the characters. Painted the radiator badge, too. Found an > auxiliary input cable for the Kenwood stereo that’s in it on Amazon for $9, > so that’s on the way. Got my dealer parts order all ready to text in > tomorrow morning. Thinking about taking Wednesday off so I can get > everything done at once - caliper, wheel bearing and flex disc among other > things. > > Danged oak trees are doing their spring thing, meaning that any dark colored > car has a near permanent yellow dusting on it. The youngest boy had to go up > to Williston Saturday and Sunday to do his SCUBA and Nitrox qualifications in > the springs, so I had him drive my car (which loved every minute of that open > highway cruising.) I gave it a quick wash and immediately put the car cover > on it. Between the cover and being parked in a closed garage at work it > should stay pretty clean. > > Cleaning up before some friends come over for dinner. > > -D > > > > On Feb 26, 2017, at 9:01 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com > > <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: > > > > Took the 300D out for the early morning grocery run as promised. It was > > pleased to get out and stretch its legs. > > > > I don’t really have a lot to do with the 300SEL until I start getting some > > parts. Since it’s a nice sunny Florida day, I slathered the front seats > > with some Leatherique and will let it bake. > > > > I might drain and refill the power steering system since I have everything > > I need for that. I’ve cleaned the PS cooler that runs in front of the > > radiator so I can watch it to see if it does have a leak. Quite honestly I > > don’t think it does - the junction where the hoses connect to it look like > > they’ve been seeping for a long time, and I’m wondering if it’s possible > > that the fluid has just been creeping down the lines. The connection is > > really buried on the left front inner fender and the clamp screws are > > turned towards the top, so I’ll see if I can get in there and tighten them > > up, maybe. > > > > After the Leatherique has done its thing I might do some more interior > > cleaning. The dash is in great condition, but the driver and passenger > > doors look sort of yellowed. I’m not sure if this is just aging or maybe > > the car had a smoker in the past. If it did there’s not evidence of it > > that I can find. > > > > Washed the SL500 as it needed it. Gotta run the sweeper in the interior > > and it will be good for a couple of weeks. > > > > Going to do an inventory of future work so I can plan accordingly. > > > > -D > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com <http://www.okiebenz.com/> > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > <http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > <http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com <http://www.okiebenz.com/> > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > <http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > <http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > > _______________________________________ 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
