It’s been my experience that the Euro cigarette lighters are pretty short, so the socket is equally “shallow”, meaning that anything like a charger that you put in there will flop around.
Note that if you also have a power adapter socket it will be much deeper. -D > On Jun 15, 2022, at 4:25 PM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > problem solved.thanks for the advice. neighbor gave my wife two cords both > of which fit.. I think they have been used in Audi > >> On Wed, Jun 15, 2022, 6:21 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> I had one like that, maybe in a 210 of the same vintage. I just put a bit >> of paper in to shim it and it worked fine >> >> --FT >> Sent from iFōn >> >>> On Jun 15, 2022, at 6:18 PM, mitch--- via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> How much is a new socket? >>> Mitch. >>> >>>> On 2022-06-15 17:55, Dwight Giles via Mercedes wrote: >>>> My wife just bought a 2000 CLK 320 with very low mileage. The >>>> phone charger cord slops around in the lighter outlet. I tested this >>>> with the one that is tight in the 2005 E320 and it too slops around. >> Parts >>>> guy @ dealer said it is the same outlet. So???? Wrap the phone plug >> end in >>>> wire? Shim the lighter socket? >>>> TIA >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> 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 > _______________________________________ 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
