Today I 'finished', I guess.
I touched up the paint chips that I'd gotten while working on the
trunk lid. Since I was there I also touched up some other chips that
I found on the lower lip of the trunk lid, and back behind the license
plate. I glued back the trunk wall carpet, I used contact
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
I played with the battery cable bolt some more, and it was unimproved
from yesterday. So I got out the grinder and cut away the side of the
frame, exposing the nut. Turns out it was a regular hex nut with a
press-in flange, and you _can_ reach it from below, but it was
On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:56:06 -0700 Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net
wrote:
... this little sub-project is getting close to done, after 21.5 hours!
Congratulations!
Craig
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I got the hinge pin straightened and skinned on the grinder
today, it works smoothly in the hinge arms. I reinstalled the
hinges, greased this time, and it's looking good. (The torsion
spring part of the job promises to beinteresting.
But I didn't need that to drive it, but I did need the
and getting out bushings and
stuck rusty bolts after you get the nut off.
I'm using my old gun right now to break up concrete. Very easy to
control.
Manfred
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 19:01:01 -0700
From: Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Squeaky SL trunk hinge
I don't know if you
The trunk (and horse collar) hinge has been squeaking embarassingly
badly on the 380 SL, and I finally decided to do something about it.
(Squirting lubricants did no good.) It was a 12 hour nightmare just
to get it apart. Though y'all might be curious about it:
Sunday, June 13, 2010
I pulled
Truly a fine example of perseverance! One end of the spring was off in the
SLC I had, I never could get it back where it belonged. The trunk lid would
not stay open of it's own accord.
I saw a few messages from the SL list recently - you might want to post
there as well.
On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at
Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net writes:
The trunk (and horse collar) hinge has been squeaking embarassingly
badly on the 380 SL, and I finally decided to do something about it.
(Squirting lubricants did no good.) It was a 12 hour nightmare just
to get it apart.
I don't know if you have
I don't know if you have room but it sounds like you need a slide
hammer
to yank those pins out.
Yeah. I don't have one, though, and I don't think there's any
room for one in there. Maybe if you took the fuel tank out...
-- Jim
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