Since I decided to take the week off, I have a number of car related things queued up to do in my leisure time…
Yesterday I replaced the stops on the rear hatch, as the rubber part of both had deteriorated to the point where the rubber was pretty much gone. Maybe all of five minutes to do, and my rear hatch now shuts with a nice “squish” sound as the latch pulls it closed. I’ve noticed this is a common issue on the sedans as well. I’m referring to the rubber “wedges” that are on the sides of the trunk opening of the W210 sedans. There are similar things on the wagon rear hatch as well, which is what I replaced. Today was driver’s lower seat (horsehair) pad. Got a new one from Mercedes this past week, so I had it all ready to go. The seats on the W210 are probably one of the easiest seats to remove on a Mercedes that I’ve encountered. Move it back, take out the front bolts. Move it forward, take out the back bolts. Unplug the connectors in the front that are really easy to get to, then pop a trim panel off to remove the seat belt anchor point and out it comes. I just sat on the seat on the garage floor to release the cardboard strips on the bottom edge of the leather cover, and the cover and horsehair pad slid right off the seat frame to the front. There are some nylon clips that have to be released to get the cover off, but that took about five minutes to get them all loose. Then off with the leather cover, stretch it out over the new horsehair pad, and clip the retaining wires back on the nylon clips (this is what gives the seat cover the “pucker” where there are seams between the pads.) Slide the horsehair pad with leather cover back onto the seat frame, get it centered, sit on the seat so I can put the edges of the cover back in the retaining grooves on the seat frame, and do the same on the back edge. Clean the interior carpet under the seat and tunnel, put the seat back in, run the bolts down and reconnect the electricals. Done! Nice to have a seat that doesn’t lean to the left from years of use any more. Yea!! Tomorrow or Tuesday I believe I’m going to tackle the headliner. Big job, especially on a wagon… -D _______________________________________ 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
