I may do that since this is a beater truck. My recycling bin was right next to where it’s parked and had just been emptied, so I tossed the pieces in there. Easily recovered today.
That will help to make it’s appearance even more beater-like, too. Thanks! -D > On Jun 13, 2019, at 1:14 AM, G Mann via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > Have a look at this youtube tutorial on doing cheap plastic welding.. all > home tooled. Save the parts broken out of your bumper and weld them back > in... > I've used a soldering iron, cheap lowest cost Harbor Freight iron, to weld > a lot of broken plastic. With just a bit of practice, you'll get pretty > good at it. > I use zip ties as filler rod, since they come in a selection of colors, and > are thermo molded plastic, they are happy to be re-melted into what ever > I'm fixing. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmTWCzJbNBw > > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon> > Virus-free. > www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link> > <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 5:25 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> So in my desire to have everything in order on the ML500 before I send it >> off to long term storage, I decide I’m going to get the front ash tray >> working (it sticks closed) and replace the light bulb in it, too. Little >> did I know…. >> >> So I fight with the ashtray for a good 30 minutes. The insert comes out, >> but the “push to release” function for the ashtray just doesn’t work. I get >> the front cover off of it and start poking around. Within the area under >> and around the ashtray, aided with some long hemostats and Mercedes cluster >> hooks, I removed: >> >> 16 toothpicks >> 3 small packets of salt >> 2 business cards >> Coins >> >> Now understand that this was just digging around the ashtray from above >> and below it while it’s in place. Still no joy. >> >> I hose it down with brake cleaner. No improvement. >> >> Finally, I decide that it’s got to come out. What does that entail? >> >> Removal of the center console. Yup. In an ML, if you want to get to the >> front ashtray to change the bulb or remove the ashtray itself the center >> console comes out. Now while this does sound like a major undertaking, it’s >> really not too bad. You can do it the first time in about 10 minutes, maybe >> less. >> >> So out comes the console. I remove ashtray and take it to my outdoor >> kitchen, where I hose it down liberally with degreaser and then rinse it >> off. Pop it in the outdoor oven for about 30 minutes at 170F to dry it out. >> Oh, yeah - more detritus. A VISA debit card for the IU Hoosiers, expired in >> 2012. >> >> So out of the oven it comes. Then I spend a good 20 minutes trying to get >> to the bulb in the cigarette lighter, which you can’t get to. Really, you >> can’t. There are a number of people who have done it online on YouTube, but >> they run very, very close to destroying the ashtray doing so. I finally get >> it apart and get a new bulb in the socket. Button everything up, it’s >> working great with the “touch and release” function. >> >> Put everything back together, all ready to go, and - the bulb doesn’t >> work. Grrr. But hey, it’s not a total loss, as now the ashtray works like >> it should. >> >> So I back the car out, turn it around to move it into place in front of >> the garage where the finnie parks, and crack! >> >> I bumped the corner of the ML into the corner of the garage. A hole the >> size of a softball in the right rear corner of the rear bumper. Dang thing >> shattered like a piece of glass. >> >> Oh, well. I remind myself that it’s a $1400 beater. Still sucks. >> >> All that for a lousy light bulb. >> >> -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 >> >> > _______________________________________ > 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
