[MBZ] Won One: 107 visor tab
I was able to repair the visor tab on the 107. I glued the three pieces together with shoo goo. When it was half dry, I wrapped the whole thing with a strip of Aluminum from a pop can bedded in shoo goo. After the whole mess dried, I got some micro drills at HF and iced a 0.5 mm drill to make 6 small holes that I used to wrap copper wire around portions to hold the whole thing together. While most US drill chucks won't hold a drill under 1/16 inch (0.0625) I found the HF cordless drill would hold the 0.5 mm (0.02) drill. I was impressed as the drill and flashlight cost only $19! I took a chunk of # 12 TTHN wire , then pulled a strand out of it and threaded it though the holes, and pulled it and tied the wire off. The result is not pretty, but it works. I attached a picture taken with a webcam. Not the quality of hursty's watch pictures, but I don't have his equipment either. -- next part -- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 107 SL Visor Tab.jpg Type: application/octet-stream Size: 8692 bytes Desc: not available URL: http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20100415/1d3dd32f/attachment.obj ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Won One: 107 visor tab
What, no old microwave sheet metal welded in there somewhere? --R On 4/15/2010 5:49 PM, Dieselhead wrote: I was able to repair the visor tab on the 107. I glued the three pieces together with shoo goo. When it was half dry, I wrapped the whole thing with a strip of Aluminum from a pop can bedded in shoo goo. After the whole mess dried, I got some micro drills at HF and iced a 0.5 mm drill to make 6 small holes that I used to wrap copper wire around portions to hold the whole thing together. While most US drill chucks won't hold a drill under 1/16 inch (0.0625) I found the HF cordless drill would hold the 0.5 mm (0.02) drill. I was impressed as the drill and flashlight cost only $19! I took a chunk of # 12 TTHN wire , then pulled a strand out of it and threaded it though the holes, and pulled it and tied the wire off. The result is not pretty, but it works. I attached a picture taken with a webcam. Not the quality of hursty's watch pictures, but I don't have his equipment either. -- next part -- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 107 SL Visor Tab.jpg Type: application/octet-stream Size: 8692 bytes Desc: not available URL: http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20100415/1d3dd32f/attachment.obj ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Won One: 107 visor tab
That _is_ pretty oogly. Will it still 'snap' into place? Looks like you've eliminated the 'dogbone' cross-section, which means it won't stay up in the plastic socket. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Won One: 107 visor tab
nope. too small and it is plastic. To be real the aluminum should have come from a beer can, not a pop can. Since they don't put good beer in cans, I don't have any beer cans. Actually, it was not a pop can, but a club soda can. No HFCS in that! What, no old microwave sheet metal welded in there somewhere? --R On 4/15/2010 5:49 PM, Dieselhead wrote: I was able to repair the visor tab on the 107. I glued the three pieces together with shoo goo. When it was half dry, I wrapped the whole thing with a strip of Aluminum from a pop can bedded in shoo goo. After the whole mess dried, I got some micro drills at HF and iced a 0.5 mm drill to make 6 small holes that I used to wrap copper wire around portions to hold the whole thing together. While most US drill chucks won't hold a drill under 1/16 inch (0.0625) I found the HF cordless drill would hold the 0.5 mm (0.02) drill. I was impressed as the drill and flashlight cost only $19! I took a chunk of # 12 TTHN wire , then pulled a strand out of it and threaded it though the holes, and pulled it and tied the wire off. The result is not pretty, but it works. I attached a picture taken with a webcam. Not the quality of hursty's watch pictures, but I don't have his equipment either. -- next part -- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 107 SL Visor Tab.jpg Type: application/octet-stream Size: 8692 bytes Desc: not available URL: http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20100415/1d3dd32f/attachment.obj ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Won One: 107 visor tab
one piece of wire is crossways in the middle to pull the aluminum down and make the cross section thinner there. That does not show in the picture. That _is_ pretty oogly. Will it still 'snap' into place? Looks like you've eliminated the 'dogbone' cross-section, which means it won't stay up in the plastic socket. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
