Re: [MBZ] 124 wagon water woe
___ Where did you get the replacement gasket for the 123 windshield? RB Cheep chinee crap URO from fleabay. When I looked at the cost of the MB gasket and high probability it is made by URO anyway, I decided to get one more directly from the source, rather than paying 3-4 times as much for one with an MB part number sticker on it. It is not a pretty car. It is rusty, and I patched extensively on it 3 yrs ago. Mostly underneath the floor mats and under the car. Then applied the POR 15 and undercoat. The paint is dead, so I have 2 candidates for Curt to apply a roller paint job, if I could only get him here to do it. If I could get someone to fire me so I have some time, I'd like to try the roller paint job. Things go in cycles. around 1999 - 2002 it was roofs. I put on 4 garage roofs and 2 house roofs. Now it is painting. 2 cars (or 3 or 4 if time and money permitted) and a tractor all need paint. I always have to do the paint prep but my dad painted the tractors and equipment. I don't even own a paint sprayer, other than for latex house paint. (airless) ___ 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] 124 wagon water woe
On 03/06/2015 10:34 AM, Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote: It's a good thing I didn't put the carpet back in yet, after a hard rain last night there is water on the passenger floor again. Less water than before, so progress has been made. Read on peach parts that on some 124 cars, the front drain tubes shrink with age and the bottom end pulls back into the A pillar. I also researched the wagon roof luggage rack, and each of the side rails have long rubber seals under them. If that is the source of the leak, I'm not looking forward to removing the headline to pull those rails and replace the rubber seals. - Max Charleston SC For years, the 81 240D leaked on your foot if driving in the rain, but there was no problem to be found. I kept it under roof to prevent rusting, and we had it out of service for 10 years or so. Eventually the windshield gasket disintegrated, and had to be replaced. Fortunately there was no serious rust in the windshield frame. After the new glass and gasket, no leaks! I'm driving it daily now and enjoying it. ___ Where did you get the replacement gasket for the windshield? RB ___ 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] 124 wagon water woe
It's a good thing I didn't put the carpet back in yet, after a hard rain last night there is water on the passenger floor again. Less water than before, so progress has been made. Read on peach parts that on some 124 cars, the front drain tubes shrink with age and the bottom end pulls back into the A pillar. I also researched the wagon roof luggage rack, and each of the side rails have long rubber seals under them. If that is the source of the leak, I'm not looking forward to removing the headline to pull those rails and replace the rubber seals. - Max Charleston SC For years, the 81 240D leaked on your foot if driving in the rain, but there was no problem to be found. I kept it under roof to prevent rusting, and we had it out of service for 10 years or so. Eventually the windshield gasket disintegrated, and had to be replaced. Fortunately there was no serious rust in the windshield frame. After the new glass and gasket, no leaks! I'm driving it daily now and enjoying it. ___ 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
