Re: [MBZ] rear bumper falling off
There are some adhesives that are absolutely amazing these days - I've seen fender flares and whale tails glued to a 911. LarryT 91 300D Does your business accept or need to accept V/MC/AE/Dis? We have the best rates 0% Interest Business loans. Visit: http://www.merchantreferralsolutions.com/A365706 -- From: Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 10:09 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] rear bumper falling off Today I noticed the bumper has become totally detached from the mounting bracket on the left (driver's) side. Looks like the welds just rusted away, though there's no rust anywhere on the bumper otherwise. When mine came loose, it was apparent that glue had failed due to corrosion eating its foundation. Not welded/weldable, in other words. I got another bumper at the U-Pull. -- 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
Re: [MBZ] rear bumper falling off
I have EXACTLY the same thing happening on my 240D but on the other side! I thought the bumper was glued to its mount somehow, it ever occured to me to weld it. That'll probably ruin the chrome... -Curt Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:39:22 -0400 From: Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu Subject: [MBZ] rear bumper falling off To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID: m1d44oi0c5@cs.indiana.edu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I'd been hearing some rattling in the back of the car for a few weeks, been too busy to really check it out. I have some junk in the trunk right now so I though there was a good chance that was the explanation. Today I noticed the bumper has become totally detached from the mounting bracket on the left (driver's) side. Looks like the welds just rusted away, though there's no rust anywhere on the bumper otherwise. Is this common? Looking like another job for my cheap Harbor Freight MIG welder. Allan -- 1983 300D -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20091016/28de8390/attachment.html ___ 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] rear bumper falling off
So what would be a good adhesive to try here? Liquid Nails? Someone suggested running a couple of stainless carriage bolts through the bumper, I guess that's a common way of dealing with this. Allan On Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:28 -0700, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote: I have EXACTLY the same thing happening on my 240D but on the other side! I thought the bumper was glued to its mount somehow, it ever occured to me to weld it. That'll probably ruin the chrome... -Curt ___ 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] rear bumper falling off
Badunkadunk. --R Allan Streib wrote: I have some junk in the trunk right now ___ 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] rear bumper falling off
Today I noticed the bumper has become totally detached from the mounting bracket on the left (driver's) side. Looks like the welds just rusted away, though there's no rust anywhere on the bumper otherwise. When mine came loose, it was apparent that glue had failed due to corrosion eating its foundation. Not welded/weldable, in other words. I got another bumper at the U-Pull. -- 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] rear bumper falling off
Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net writes: When mine came loose, it was apparent that glue had failed due to corrosion eating its foundation. Not welded/weldable, in other words. I got another bumper at the U-Pull. Glue? The bumpers are glued to the supports? Guess this is not one of the places Shoe Goo would work, huh? Allan -- 1983 300D ___ 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
