Re: [MBZ] W116 rattles
Hi David, I chased this with my 79 300SD and finally have it mostly under control. First, I disassembled the vents and applied fabric tape in a few places. Its been years, so I can't tell you where. But fabric tape is the trick the factory still uses for issues like this, so its all kosher! Then, I figured out that some of the noise was caused by the pins at the end of the louvers that go into the vent assembly rattling. I packed the holes very lightly with grease to limit and slow their movement and it seems to have worked. Once in a while I still hear some noise, but its mostly fixed! Good luck! Jaime On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 12:55 PM, David Bruckmann via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Hello gang, Managed to score a W116 SD, 1979, 93k original miles, single owner, no rust blah blah. I thought only the W126 was full of rattles but it turns out that trend started with the W116. I'm used to W115 and W123 which generally remain rattle-free for the duration. Anyone have any tips to get rid of the noises from the heater flaps in the dash or do I just have to live with it? Otherwise the car is spectacular. I just need a leopardskin fez and flag carriers and I could lead a small country. D. ___ 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 -- Jaime Kopchinski http://www.jaimekop.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
Re: [MBZ] W116 rattles
Duct tape. You need a parrot to ride on your shoulder too. --R (sent from my miniPad) On May 23, 2015, at 10:55 AM, David Bruckmann via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Hello gang, Managed to score a W116 SD, 1979, 93k original miles, single owner, no rust blah blah. I thought only the W126 was full of rattles but it turns out that trend started with the W116. I'm used to W115 and W123 which generally remain rattle-free for the duration. Anyone have any tips to get rid of the noises from the heater flaps in the dash or do I just have to live with it? Otherwise the car is spectacular. I just need a leopardskin fez and flag carriers and I could lead a small country. D. ___ 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
[MBZ] W116 rattles
Hello gang, Managed to score a W116 SD, 1979, 93k original miles, single owner, no rust blah blah. I thought only the W126 was full of rattles but it turns out that trend started with the W116. I'm used to W115 and W123 which generally remain rattle-free for the duration. Anyone have any tips to get rid of the noises from the heater flaps in the dash or do I just have to live with it? Otherwise the car is spectacular. I just need a leopardskin fez and flag carriers and I could lead a small country. D. ___ 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
