[MBZ] Confused/Challenged again
Ok gang here is today's challenges. 92 300TE 4Matic. Rear passenger window just decided it would not go up (NEVER Been any type of challenge previously) Upon arriving home I went to the rear door window switch and could hear the motor running but no window movement. Then I heard a loud noise (almost like glass breaking). Friday I decided OK lets find out what going on. How does one remove the interior door panel on this vehicle? I stopped when it appeared as though the door panel was preparing to break. 85 300SD. In terrible need of a new center console, have not been able to find one. Also the rear ventilation (coming form the center console area has never worked since I owned this vehicle) I decided to remove this console and see what if anything I could do to temporarily rebuild this unit until I could find its replacement. I have removed every screw I can find yet still near the top, where it meets the dash, it is clinging to something. I know there are two screws at the top of this unit where it meets the dash but these have been removed. Does anyone know what could be holding it or the appropriate procedure to remove a center console from this vehicle? Any suggestions on where I should start determining why this rear center console vent is not working? My manuals are useless for answering these challenges (or maybe it is the reader of these manuals). LOL Dave H... ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Confused/Challenged again
On the 85 300 SD remove the ashtray and look for two phillips screws that are holding the console in..I think.been a long time. Zedic ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Confused/Challenged again
To remove the door panel, unscrew the lock button, pull the trim and window switch out (the black plastic just pries out), remove the plastic trim around the door latch. Push the plastic bucket for the door latch forward to unhook it (I think, may be back, it's obvious), then pry the link out of the latch and remove. Remove the ashtray and plastic backing (pry out at the top and down), the LIFT THE DOOR PANEL STRAIGHT UP along the door. It's hooked to the door with about six plastic hooks. If you pry it sideways, you will snap the hooks off and will have to replace the door panel. Goes back in just the opposite: slide down to engage the hooks, put the ashtray in, etc. Easiest door panel I've ever seen, and the most secure so long as the hooks don't get broken by someone attempting to pry it off. Peter ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Confused/Challenged again
And be sure to put the plastic moisture barrier back where it was, and if it's shredded or missing, get some underlayment plastic from Home Despot or Lowe's and cut out a new one - never, ever, leave this out! Dan To remove the door panel, unscrew the lock button, pull the trim and window switch out (the black plastic just pries out), remove the plastic trim around the door latch. Push the plastic bucket for the door latch forward to unhook it (I think, may be back, it's obvious), then pry the link out of the latch and remove. Remove the ashtray and plastic backing (pry out at the top and down), the LIFT THE DOOR PANEL STRAIGHT UP along the door. It's hooked to the door with about six plastic hooks. If you pry it sideways, you will snap the hooks off and will have to replace the door panel. Goes back in just the opposite: slide down to engage the hooks, put the ashtray in, etc. Easiest door panel I've ever seen, and the most secure so long as the hooks don't get broken by someone attempting to pry it off. Peter ___ 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 Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Confused/Challenged again
Any suggestions on where I should start determining why this rear center console vent is not working? You're on the right track. The vent knob at the back pulls on a Bowden cable that runs forwards to the actual flap that's under the dash. (The air is ducted back.) There's a joint in the middle of this cable, too, somewhere about the area of the shifter. Plenty of things to go wrong, all hard to get to! When you get that far, be gentle with the duct. It's snapped into place with long plastic latching fingers. When you _do_ get it all back together working again, make sure the knob can _fully_ shut off the vent before you button it all up. Like the center vents, it can only blow cold air, and even a little leak in mid-winter is quite unpleasant. Ours leaks, but not badly enough to undergo the operation. We just drape a towel over it. -- Jim ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Confused/Challenged again
And be sure to put the plastic moisture barrier back where it was, and if it's shredded or missing, get some underlayment plastic from Home Despot or Lowe's and cut out a new one - never, ever, leave this out! Hear, hear! (I can't count the number of these I've had to replace. Far more than I've found still there to be sure. And a lot of soft mushy door panels as a result, too.) -- Jim ___ 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
