When the seat was constructed, the horse hair was in the form of a sheet, perhaps 1/2 inch thick. When the pleats were formed, the stitching made a "cut line" at each side. Over time, horsehair degrades, becomes brittle, and fails. which is what has happened to the "strips" that worked their way out from the upper and lower layer... They are "dead" because they lost their "spring" and have degraded. If you grab one and squeeze it, it will turn to hairy dust, or some form of that.
On Sat, Sep 28, 2019 at 2:46 PM Kevin Kraly via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Hi, Craig and Jaime. The horsehair strips did, in fact, slide out of their > pleats toward the rear of the seat. I found a strip under the seat when I > pulled it out. How do you slide them back into place? Is there a proper way > to remove the hog rings so that I can separate the cover completely from > the springs? If I tug too hard and try to pull it through from underneath > the front of the seat cover, it starts to rip. I don’t want a seat pleat > with a ripped strip in my cheap heap. > Kevin in Hillsboro, OR > 1982 240D 191Kmi, Hildegard > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Sep 28, 2019, at 7:24 AM, Craig via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > > > On Sat, 28 Sep 2019 07:01:20 -0400 Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes > > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > >> I’ve had many seats where the strips creating the pleats slide out of > >> place. You can take apart the seat and pull them back if the stitching > >> is still ok. > >> > >> This is only valid for 80-83 seats... before and after we’re different > >> styles. > > > > That is what happened to the rear seat of our '82 240D/3.0. I saw these > > horsehair strips underneath and finally figured out what they were. I > > kept them underneath the seat so when I got a round tuit I could slide > > them back in place. > > > > > > Craig > > > > _______________________________________ > > 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
