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this all stems from the cars PO being to lazy to do a repair the right way.

what you are looking at is the inside of the drivers side footwell by the parking brake and hood release handle. i guess he was trying to fiz the power seat switch which thanks to him is inoperable. i was just chasing the wires to see where they went and came across his handy work. there are a few other areas of his handywork in the car too but this is the worst.

im trying to figure out what to do with the car right now. mabye its just cause im mad but im thinking of getting rid of it and getting another one. what do you guys think?

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1981 300 SD 213k miles "Stock for now"
1999 Super Duty 7.3L 113k miles
1981 300 SD 180k miles "Heavily modified" SOLD

I'd be more worried about those welded holes...

I wonder if the door strap mount broke loose off the body in the cavity and they cut it open to weld it back on- my 380's drivers door strap is the same way and I hadn't come across a good way to fix it yet.

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1980 500SE/AMG Euro
1981 500SEL Euro
1982 380SEL
1983 300TD
1983 500SEC/AMG Euro
1984 500SEC
1984 300TD Euro
1986 190E 2.3-16
1986 190E 2.3
1987 300D
1997 C36 AMG
2003 C320T 4matic

past: 1969 280SE 4.5 | 1978 240D | 1978 300D | 1981 300SD | 1981 300SD | 1982 300CD | 1983 300CD | 1983 300SD | 1983 380SEC | 1984 300D | 1984 300D | 1984 300TD | 1984 500SEL | 1984 300SD | 1985 300D | 1986 300E | 1986 560SEL | 1986 560SEL/Carat | 1987 560SEC | 1991 300D 2.5 | 2006 R350

the hole is actually under the strap, i thought this too but it looks like he was trying to get at the power seat wires.
it doesnt seem right using hole and car in the same sentence

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1981 300 SD 213k miles "Stock for now"
1999 Super Duty 7.3L 113k miles
1981 300 SD 180k miles "Heavily modified" SOLD

If this is common throughout, I'd think about another and use this one for parts.

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1999 E300DT Obsydian Black Metallic, Heated Full Leather Parchment options, E2, K2, 136,000+, best 36.5 mpg - GP's 12-04 & 11-12 Zero Stuck
2010 Honda Odyssey - The BrideMobile - best 26.5
(2) 2005 Honday Accord- (1 -Corporate 1 - Personal) - 110,000 4-cyl 30mpg
2000 VW Golf GLS TDI, Upsolute Chip (sold to Brother, now 300+k on it) 48.5 mpg like clock work
1987 Honda CRX HF - Sold 87,000 always over 50 mpg Max 67 mpg

I'm not sure what all of that is, but I would suspect it would be easy to fix. I deal with this on a daily basis. First, unrap all the tape, disconnect any wires that are not factory (it's usually easy to tell which wires are not factory), reconnect any wires that were cut (also usually easy as the wires are color codded. When everything looks like it is back to factory spec, then trouble shoot the problem and fix it. Problem solved. Car fixed. Another possibility is that the wires broke in the door hinge area and someone cut the harness on each side of the henge area and made a new harness for that area. If this is the case, it could be spliced on the inside of the car (as per the pictures) and the other end inside the door. Could also be that the door was replaced at some point and the wires just spliced inside the car. In any case, unrap the tape and have a look. It is fixable.
By the way, What kind of car is it (year and model?)

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84 500 SEL (307,xxx miles)

Let us hope that he did not do too much electrical work on the car. Or any other work for that matter.

Something I look for when purchasing one of these cars is to find one that hasn't had some ham fisted moron trying to fix the car and doing work like this. I don't think I ever saw anyone start cutting on the car to get to wiring. If they wired it from the factory, it has to be accesable without cutting.

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Doug

1987 300TD x 3
2005 E320CDI

Mice & pregnant women will eat lengths of wire.
Can be frustrating in tracking down & repairing.

ive found his handywork in other parts of the car but nothing bad, just like the wrong bolt in a place as if he lost it and put a different one in its place. also it turns out the story he gave us about the cars history was complete BS. carfax checked it out. they say hindsight is 20/20 and if i would have thougt of car fax and asked for more service records for the car and found this stuff out i deffinately would not have gotten it. but since i have it im going to make do as best i can. eventually hoping to get it restored to as close to original condition as possible.

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1981 300 SD 213k miles "Stock for now"
1999 Super Duty 7.3L 113k miles
1981 300 SD 180k miles "Heavily modified" SOLD

The drivers door strap mount on the frame of my drivers door broke so I pulled it up tight and ran 3 sheetmetal screws in. This was about a year ago and no problem yet.

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1983 300SD
200000miles

I'm sure it's distressing to start trying to make a repair and discover stuff like that in your car. I think I'll look a little closer before I buy my next car.

Like someone else said, I hope the PO didn't try to fix many other things on the car. Good luck.

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OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Stand back, go inside, drink a beer and cool off. WE at THE SHOP will not let you quit, there is NO CRYING IN MERCEDES REAPIRS. Go back and look at it tomorrow.

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"It's normal for these things to empty your wallet and break your heart in the process."
2012 SLK 350
1987 420 SEL

It's not uncommon for the wires that pass throught the hing area to fatigue
and seperate. I had to splice in new wire sections on all wires to the drivers door, PIA. I would guess that that is why the PO cut holes in the wall. Since he already started I would cut larger holes and fix the wiring the right way and then cut a metal patch and screw it on so you have access in the future.

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1983 300SD
200000miles

When inside (the hole) look for other damage from PO's torch work. Most folk do not have a small cutting tip and this does not look like a plasma cut.

"Diesel Addicted Teen"

"highschool student that loves mercedes especially diesels"

"YoungBenz"

Having a beer would be illegal