But how would exactly would you reattach everything when installing a
replacement hinge? Isn't that the issue?
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 10:09 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.netwrote:
take 2 10mm bolts off hood, take 2 mm bolts from bottom mount along side
fender, take big clip off for
Is that true of the 115 300D's?
Randy
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anything
On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:16:50 -0400 andrew strasfogel
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But how would exactly would you reattach everything when installing a
replacement hinge? Isn't that the issue?
When I did hinge work, I took the hood off. Once the replacement hinge was
in place, I put the hood
My trusted mechnic told me to take it to a body shop as there is no way to
access the lower bolts without R/R of the fender. If the fender is
original, it has been glued into place, so this is NOT a job for the
unprepared or hubristic.
I am basically a coward so will not arrempt to do this on my
I looked at mine again this morning. The spring mount tab on the body is
gone, anyone have suggestions? Think a new hook/tab could be welded in
there? IIRC the a pillar down channel is where its mounting on, meaning
I would have to drill through the square to mount a u hook or somethign.
strasfogel
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Subject: [MBZ] R/R of hood hinge on a W123
There's a buggered hood hinge on my 1983 300TD and I thought the job of
replacing it would be easy. A guy I know who work does estimates for a body
shop says it requires removal of both
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Subject: [MBZ] R/R of hood hinge on a W123
There's a buggered hood hinge on my 1983 300TD and I thought
Thats strange, takes me all of 5 minutes or less to pull one, less time
that is takes to find the tools. Not a big deal.
andrew strasfogel wrote:
My trusted mechnic told me to take it to a body shop as there is no way to
access the lower bolts without R/R of the fender. If the fender is
On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:40:06 -0400 andrew strasfogel
astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote:
My trusted mechnic told me to take it to a body shop as there is no way
to access the lower bolts without R/R of the fender. If the fender is
original, it has been glued into place, so this is NOT a job for the
The spring is fine - it's the hinge that is bent where the release
lever is
located. When opening the hood you need to manually press the hinge
toward
the center of the engine to keep the hinge from catching on the hood
on its
upward travel.
Well bend it back then!
-- Jim
It's bent AND buggered. Not an option.
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 9:13 PM, Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net wrote:
The spring is fine - it's the hinge that is bent where the release lever
is
located. When opening the hood you need to manually press the hinge
toward
the center of the engine
So how long would it take you to do the reverse?
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 6:16 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.netwrote:
Thats strange, takes me all of 5 minutes or less to pull one, less time
that is takes to find the tools. Not a big deal.
andrew strasfogel wrote:
My trusted mechnic
It's bent AND buggered. Not an option.
Are you saying that beating the holy hell out of it
with a pair of BFH's won't do any good? Not even to
your mental health?
-- Jim
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Maybe, but I already purchase a used hinge for very little $$s.
I want Kaleb to tell me how to do this in 5 minutes, hell even 10 minutes.
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 9:41 PM, Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net wrote:
It's bent AND buggered. Not an option.
Are you saying that beating the holy
anything over about 81 in a 240D no longer has the fenders glued on, the
300D's never had them glued on for some reason.
Craig McCluskey wrote:
On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:40:06 -0400 andrew strasfogel
astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote:
My trusted mechnic told me to take it to a body shop as there
about the same amount of time, only tool I used was a 10mm wrench.
andrew strasfogel wrote:
So how long would it take you to do the reverse?
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95 E300, 92 500SEL, 92 300SD, 92 300E 4Matic, 91 300D, 91 300E,
89 560SEL, 87 300SDL x2, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, 85
take 2 10mm bolts off hood, take 2 mm bolts from bottom mount along
side fender, take big clip off for the pivot point. I lied, I used a
10mm wrench and a flat headed screw driver.
andrew strasfogel wrote:
Maybe, but I already purchase a used hinge for very little $$s.
I want Kaleb to tell
There's a buggered hood hinge on my 1983 300TD and I thought the job of
replacing it would be easy. A guy I know who work does estimates for a body
shop says it requires removal of both the hood AND the fender. Can this be
true? By inspection it appears as if all the attaching hardware bolts
On Jun 22, 2009, at 1:56 PM, andrew strasfogel wrote:
There's a buggered hood hinge on my 1983 300TD and I thought the job of
replacing it would be easy. A guy I know who work does estimates for
a body
shop says it requires removal of both the hood AND the fender. Can
this be
true? By
No, it does not require removal of the hood and fenders, if somebody
tells you that, they do not know what they are doing.
andrew strasfogel wrote:
There's a buggered hood hinge on my 1983 300TD and I thought the job of
replacing it would be easy. A guy I know who work does estimates for a
Any opinions of the the hinge lower hinge mount? My wifes TD was
purchased as a scarred vehicle. One of the major thing keeping me from
makin her purty is that lowe mount. I'll have to take a look at it again
but there didnt look like a whole lot of options.
-Rolf
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
There's a buggered hood hinge on my 1983 300TD and I thought the job of
replacing it would be easy. A guy I know who work does estimates for
a body
shop says it requires removal of both the hood AND the fender. Can
this be
true? By inspection it appears as if all the attaching hardware bolts
Mine is buggered at the locking pin, not the lower connector.
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 9:57 PM, Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net wrote:
There's a buggered hood hinge on my 1983 300TD and I thought the job of
replacing it would be easy. A guy I know who work does estimates for a
body
shop
Mine is buggered at the locking pin, not the lower connector.
Mine, too.
-- Jim
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