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> On Sep 28, 2022, at 5:21 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Got my low offer accepted by the seller, so hopefully the replacement will > be here next week some time. > > Progress! > > -D > > On Sep 28, 2022, at 5:15 PM, Andrew Strasfogel > <astrasfo...@gmail.com<mailto:astrasfo...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Yes. > > On Wed, Sep 28, 2022 at 5:14 PM dan penoff.com<http://penoff.com/> via > Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com<mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: > Because I’m stuck inside with little or nothing to do, I have been messing > with the sunroof on the ML550 in an attempt to get it adjusted so it doesn’t > make any wind noise. And yes, I’ve looked up the adjustment procedure in the > WIS, but setting it up the way they say with 1 mm projecting up on the > trailing edge still produces wind noise at highway speeds. It’s not loud or > bad, just annoying (to me). This requires removal of the dome light assembly > from the headliner, which isn’t a big deal, but…. > > The 2008 plastic is brittle so this time both of the front retaining spring > mounting tabs broke off, dang it. What was weird was that since they broke > off, when I tried putting it back in place it wouldn’t stay up in the > headliner, but a cursory inspection didn’t show that anything was missing. > Grrr. To add insult to injury, while trying to pry it out I stuck a finger > through the little plastic grille molded into one side of the assembly. > > I found the bits from one of the retaining spring mounts, so that’s currently > taped in place with a goodly amount of JB weld slathered on it. I’ll probably > go back and put something on the back of the plastic to reinforce it once > it’s set up and secured. At least this way I can have the thing stay in place > until I get a replacement. Thank goodness there are a bunch of them on eBay > for around $100, which is a deal considering that a new one is upwards of > $600, even from Covington. > > Someone was messing with the covers and stuff around the rear view mirror at > some point in the past, as the plastic covers that extend out from the dome > light assembly to the rear view mirror are pretty much either missing or in > pieces. Granted, they’re exposed to the sun where they’re located, so it’s > not surprising that just touching them causes them to shatter in a million > pieces. Expecting this, I have new replacements on the shelf. Since I’ve got > a headliner replacement in the near future I was sure these would get > destroyed in the process of removal. > > So I found a decent replacement on eBay with all the clips intact and in good > cosmetic shape that I’ve made an offer on. We’ll see what comes of that. > > In the meantime I’ll do my best to make do with what I’ve got so I have dome > lights. > > Maybe I should stop while I’m ahead… > > -D > _______________________________________ > http://www.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 > _______________________________________ 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
