Re: [MBZ] 300CD door handle

2018-12-08 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Yeah I have some extras of those I pulled from junkyard cars and the 420 SEL I knackered and maybe a new one somewhere in the stash. I don’t recall it being very much $. Is the CD version any different from the sedans? I think the driver side in this CD I have is broken too, was gonna pull one

Re: [MBZ] 300CD door handle

2018-12-08 Thread Dimitri via Mercedes
I bought one a few years ago. It was OEM, not OE but otherwise identical and fairly inexpensive. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 8, 2018, at 10:37 AM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes > wrote: > > Release latch. 87 American dollars,from Classic Center. > > Dwight Giles Jr. > Wickford RI > > On Dec

Re: [MBZ] 300CD door handle

2018-12-08 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
Release latch. 87 American dollars,from Classic Center. Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Dec 7, 2018 10:46 PM, "Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes" < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: Is it the metal release latch or the armrest door pull thing? --FT Sent from iPhone > On Dec 7, 2018, at 10:34 PM,

Re: [MBZ] 300CD door handle

2018-12-08 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
More specifically: 1.) Get a small flat bladed screwdriver. Pull out on the handle, and near the hinge of the handle use the screwdriver to pry the black plastic cover out of the frame. It has a little tab that hold the front edge of it in place, the back side of it (the side closest to the

Re: [MBZ] 300CD door handle

2018-12-07 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
If it is similar to a regular 123, there is one screw that holds it in.  If it has a plastic "pocket" under the latch, you need a sharp stick, or a small screwdriver, etc to pull that out from its catches.  Then you will see the screw.   Release rod is just held on with a clip.   Easy! Dwight

Re: [MBZ] 300CD door handle

2018-12-07 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Is it the metal release latch or the armrest door pull thing? --FT Sent from iPhone > On Dec 7, 2018, at 10:34 PM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes > wrote: > > I just bought an Inside door handle from Classic Center for my driver > door. Any advice on easiest way to change it out. Current one is