Time to create the wreck in reverse. Unbolt the hood, once you get it open, Pull the front grill and bumper, so you can get to the frame structure and have a good look for wrinkled paint [indicates frame bends, if any] Drill 3/8 hole where the sheet metal needs pulled forward, put a metal plate behind the bolt so it doesn't pull through the skin, or wide area washers. bolt through a link of chain of the pull side, and get your 3 ton come along hooked to a tree... pull the inner fender forward. Repeat as necessary to stretch the wrinkles out... hammer and dolly while under load to help smooth the damage... Might unbolt the fender to access the inner structure better... Hit pick and pull for what is to broken to smooth out, like the hood.
On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 6:35 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Thanks. > > I pulled the pass door open yesterday, it was hanging on the fender just > a bit, wasn't sprung, closed OK. Got me wondering now if the thing > might actually be fixable. That might just be the fender mashed back > from the hit. Engine wouldn't turn over, I'm wondering if when the > airbag deployed it activated some cutout to shut off the engine. I > haven't fooled around with it to pop the hood yet and assess what > happened inside, but most of the damage seems to be the lower right, > pushed in the bumper bar and the intercooler and I guess tore up the > radiator as I think it lost the coolant. I might have some time later > to try to get the hood open, will get some pics. > > hmmmmm....perhaps the $500E300 will live another day! > > --FT > > On 7/18/19 7:46 AM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote: > > Glad you are okay. It's never a good thing to total out a car, but it's > always a good thing to be able to walk away from the wreck. > > > > Rick > > > > _______________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > -- > --FT > > > _______________________________________ > 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
