Re: [MBZ] The rusty green 116 SD with a worn out rear seat is now on ebay
Yep, all the horse hair is gone from under the tex. Horse hair has that kind of reaction to flood waters, makes it kinda just rot away (c: That's a real good $200 car. Not much more. From: Hendrik and Fay heni...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Tuesday, August 6, 2013 10:20 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] The rusty green 116 SD with a worn out rear seat is now on ebay What's the story with the back seat? Looks like rats have got in there and eaten the stuffing? Hendrik who has not seen a seat like that On 06/08/13 10:21, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: I guess I will bid and see where it ends up. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=200949991391 ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] The rusty green 116 SD with a worn out rear seat is now on ebay
Unfortunately, beginning around 1972/3 the US market cars were required to have flame retardant in the horsehair. Turns out that in addition to being toxic, the flame retardants used were also acidic and destroyed the horsehair. That's why early 108 and 115 seats are usually fine, but any 115 from 1973 on will very likely need seat pads. Ditto the 107, 116, and early 123 models. I think the formula must have improved in 80 or 81 along with the change to MBtex v3, as I have not seen nearly the same rate of failure on v2 W123 vehicles etc. The good news is that rear seat bottom pads for W116 are once again freely available, cheap, and can be replaced in about 15 minutes by just about anyone, so there's no excuse to leave it looking like that. D. On 2013-08-07 Hendrik and Fay wrote: What's the story with the back seat? Looks like rats have got in there and eaten the stuffing? Hendrik who has not seen a seat like that On 06/08/13 10:21, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: I guess I will bid and see where it ends up. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=200949991391 ___ 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] The rusty green 116 SD with a worn out rear seat is now on ebay
What's the story with the back seat? Looks like rats have got in there and eaten the stuffing? Hendrik who has not seen a seat like that On 06/08/13 10:21, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: I guess I will bid and see where it ends up. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=200949991391 ___ 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
