Well, as I said in my later post, Dave Quay of the late, lamented Atlanta Stuttgart Auto Parts did it on several w116s, including his father in law's car. Like me, Dave liked w116s more than w126s, except the lack of a completely adjustable seat.
IIRC he mounted the seat switches in the console, and again IIRC he mentioned using Range Rover parts for this. RRs used to use the same swtich as on the w126, but mounted somewhere in the console in boxes. I don't see it as hard at all, as long as you are talking about the early seats with no memory. I had kept a set of w126 seats for years, waiting for a transplant into another w116 when I got one, but ended up putting them into my current w126. Time to switch to decaf, Kleb, LOL. Mac on 7/15/06 7:07 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The part about retrofitting power seats into a 116. First off, I have > never seen or heard of that. Next, that would be a next to impossible > job. Where the heck are you going to mount the seat switch? It would > look pretty stupid just screwed to the door panel I would think. > Getting the wiring together would be a nightmare. Basically, you would > need to be smoking crack to want to attempt that. > > Steve MacSween wrote: > >> Errr, which part of my post caused your intestinal eruption, Mr. ListDad??? >> >> LOL >> >> Mac >> >> on 7/14/06 10:25 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> >>> what the heck are you talking about? Did you smoke too much crack today? >>> >>> Steve MacSween wrote: >>> >>> >>>> The bases will fit, the seats themselves will fit as well except that I >>>> can't say if there will be enough clearance for the original w126 driver's >>>> armrest between the seats, without it rubbing the passenger seat... it's >>>> pretty wide. I am bound to say, however, that unless you are stuck on the >>>> idea of a power seat, I would not trade w126 seats for w123 ones -- >>>> especially the late w123 style. Maybe that's just an issue with how I'm >>>> built, dunno. >>>> >>>> As asides... w126 seats into w116s used to be a pretty common switch, to >>>> gain the advantages of the power seats. Going the other way, I had w123 >>>> Coupe seats in my w116 for years, and found them more comfortable than the >>>> original items (which I installed when I had the car painted, and regretted >>>> afterwards). >>>> >>>> Mac >>>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >> For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> >>
