That will pass. Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI
On Apr 21, 2018 9:53 AM, "Dimitri" <dsereta...@yahoo.com> wrote: > It has visible rust and a couple of missing pieces of lower door trim. > That ought to give it some character! > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Apr 21, 2018, at 9:44 AM, Dwight Giles <dwight.gi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Attaboy. Now what will you do for character on your 240D? Got to rattle > the preppies in Brunswick? > > Dwight Giles Jr. > Wickford RI > > On Apr 20, 2018 11:45 PM, "Dimitri via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > >> I’ve been driving my 240D with a nonfunctional driver’s side window since >> the fall. Manual window regulator broke and glass separated from the rubber >> lined channel which is bolted to regulator. The window would therefore no >> longer hold in place so with the door card removed, I wedged some wooden >> shims between the glass and metal slot in the door frame to keep it from >> sliding down. For further security, I duct taped the glass to the door >> frame. The result was pretty “ghetto”! I felt like a first class citizen >> opening a duct taped covered door in order to pay the toll booth operators, >> but hey, Maine is pretty redneck so I guess shouldn’t have been that >> embarrassed! >> >> The channel in which the bottom of window sat was heavily rusted so I >> removed the rubber inner channel, scraped and sanded off the loose rust and >> painted it with miracle paint. I then replaced the regulator with a new one >> purchased from crock auto, slid the rubber back onto the bottom of the >> window, slid it into the newly painted channel and bolted it to the >> regulator. Works perfectly! >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> _______________________________________ >> 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 >> >> _______________________________________ 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
