Re: [MBZ] Grill Removal - Unable to Open hood -- W124 '91 300D
O Pardon me... I must have tapped into my "Compassion Challenged with Political Correct" side... Use "side cutters" to clip the grill out of the grill surround... I have a problem expressing myself in the omni-sexual culture we have these days... Just last Christmas I got a Rolex from my Lesbian neighbors... When they had ask me what I wanted for Christmas and I said "I wanna watch" ... I guess I didn't communicate well... ;)) On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 12:13 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Grant, we have to be inclusive these days. Its cutters in comfortable > shoes ... > > Curt > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > > ___ > 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] Grill Removal - Unable to Open hood -- W124 '91 300D
I need to correct that. On the later 124 cars, what I said is correct, but on the 1st generation, it _just_ may be possible to remove the chrome surround from the side and from below. However, it is not a straight shot from below, so you'd be working more or less blind. I've got an '87 and a '95, both have differences from Larry's car, a 1990. I think he may have a shot after looking at my '87, but I called him a few minutes ago and tried to describe what I was looking at. - Max Charleston SC On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 1:20 PM, Max Dillon wrote: > Curt, this is a 124 car, that won't work. Grill is bolted to the front > facing part of the hood, not the top surface. No way to remove the grill > without breaking 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
Re: [MBZ] Grill Removal - Unable to Open hood -- W124 '91 300D
I was also going to comment on that, and the prevalence of the term "tranny" which is extremely offensive. You forgot jeans and plaid shirts... --R On 7/25/15 3:13 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: Grant, we have to be inclusive these days. Its cutters in comfortable shoes ... Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android ___ 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] Grill Removal - Unable to Open hood -- W124 '91 300D
Grant, we have to be inclusive these days. Its cutters in comfortable shoes ... Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android ___ 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] Grill Removal - Unable to Open hood -- W124 '91 300D
I would suggest the use of a pair of dyke cutters to clip the edges of the grill, rather than pliers. If you have some with long handles so you have better leverage, even better. You should be able to go around the entire grill edge rather quickly and remove it cleanly. Just a thought.. hope it works for you. Grant... On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 12:50 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Larry, >> >> I would grab the plastic with a pliers and twist and lever to break of >> small chunks to avoid risking damage to the condenser. Gradually chew >> through, don't try to get it all done at once. >> -- >> Max Dillon >> Charleston SC >> '87 300TD >> '95 E300 >> > > Or cut through it with a dremel type tool. > > ___ > 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] Grill Removal - Unable to Open hood -- W124 '91 300D
Larry, I would grab the plastic with a pliers and twist and lever to break of small chunks to avoid risking damage to the condenser. Gradually chew through, don't try to get it all done at once. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 Or cut through it with a dremel type tool. ___ 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] Grill Removal - Unable to Open hood -- W124 '91 300D
Larry, I would grab the plastic with a pliers and twist and lever to break of small chunks to avoid risking damage to the condenser. Gradually chew through, don't try to get it all done at once. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 On July 25, 2015 11:54:50 AM EDT, LarryT via Mercedes wrote: >Hi Gang - > I have tried all your suggestions and a few of my own to get the >hood to pop up so I can open it. I bought a used Grill Shell w/Insert >so I can break up the original one and hopefully get the hood latch to >release. > > There's a pair of fans for the AC condenser but it looks like >there's enough room to work with. > > So i am wondering if there's any creative ways to break open the >grill element? I think I can get the chrome surround off once the >insert is opened up and then will have enough room to reach the latch >& >release it. > >Thanks - >LarryT >91 300D ___ 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] Grill Removal - Unable to Open hood -- W124 '91 300D
Curt, this is a 124 car, that won't work. Grill is bolted to the front facing part of the hood, not the top surface. No way to remove the grill without breaking it. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 On July 25, 2015 12:00:34 PM EDT, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: >If you take the belly pan off can you reach up with a long extension >and just undo the bolts that hold the grill in place? IIRC there are 4 >or 6 small bolts... >-Curt ___ 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] Grill Removal - Unable to Open hood -- W124 '91 300D
If you take the belly pan off can you reach up with a long extension and just undo the bolts that hold the grill in place? IIRC there are 4 or 6 small bolts... -Curt From: LarryT via Mercedes To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: LarryT Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2015 11:54 AM Subject: [MBZ] Grill Removal - Unable to Open hood -- W124 '91 300D Hi Gang - I have tried all your suggestions and a few of my own to get the hood to pop up so I can open it. I bought a used Grill Shell w/Insert so I can break up the original one and hopefully get the hood latch to release. There's a pair of fans for the AC condenser but it looks like there's enough room to work with. So i am wondering if there's any creative ways to break open the grill element? I think I can get the chrome surround off once the insert is opened up and then will have enough room to reach the latch & release it. Thanks - LarryT 91 300D ___ 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
