Mercedes W124 300E center console disassembly how to - YouTube

That is, if you learned from watching most guys at Pick and Pull.

Seriously, last week there was a guy that showed up with a broom handle as his only tool. I'm not kidding. I watched him try to remove a blower motor....it was pathetic.

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"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
1987 300TD
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

take 1:
Turns out when the only tool you have is a broom handle everything starts looking like a.......broom?

Take 2:
Don't show up at a knife fight with a broom handle.

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

oh, I don't know... a good 1" broom handle could be much more usefull than a pocket knife or a small blade... a sword of course would make short work of a broom... as would Crocodile Dundee's KNIFE... but in a standard knife fight... a good broom handle could hold it's own...

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
1987 300TD
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

Hmm...
Take 1: I think everything would start looking like... dirt to keep the phrase in balance... (broom is to hammer as dirt is to nail... No?)

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
1987 300TD
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

ahh, but it was broom HANDLE, not broom... so yeah, I guess everything would start looking like a broom...
nahh, I like dirt better... as in, any car that got taken apart with only a broom handle would be as useless as dirt to the next guy...

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
1987 300TD
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

That makes me angry. I couldn't watch after the first few seconds I had to shut it off.

I try whenever I am at a PNP to treat the vehicle like it was my own because someone might want the piece that I am removing to get at what I want.

Top pet peeve is cut wires especially given how everything on these cars is connectorized.

No excuse for that behavior unless necessary to save human life, like after a wreck.

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2014 ML350 Bluetec (wife's DD)
2013 E350 Bluetec (my DD)

both my kids cars went to junkyard in 2023
2008 ML320 CDI (Older son’s DD) fatal transmission failure, water soaked/fried rear SAM, numerous other issues, just too far gone to save (165k miles)
2008 E320 Bluetec (Younger son's DD) injector failed open and diluted oil with diesel, spun main bearings (240k miles)

1998 E300DT sold to TimFreeh
1987 300TD sold to vstech

I'd like the parts he didn't screw up. Seats looked good. No excuse for that kind of stuff.

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85SD 240K & stopped counting painted, putting bac together. 84SD 180,000. sold to a neighbor and member here but I forget his handle. The 84 is much improved from when I had it. 85TD beginning to repair to DD status. Lots of stuff to do.

Yeah, that's the problem isn't it, they not only ruin the part they are trying to get but all the other parts around it. I would have liked the driver door panel and the center arm rest.

That is just plain ignorant.

It may be a car in a pickn'pull, but that doesn't make it your property to do with as you like.

Actually the local yard is almost as bad sometimes. Their best trick is when they sell the windshield off an otherwise cherry car, then leave the interior open to the elements (not funny at all around here).

One winter and everything is shot. Brilliant. For the cost of a small tarp and some bungees....

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Mac
2002 e320 4matic estate│1985 300d│1980 300td
Previous: 1979 & 1982 & 1983 300sd │ 1982 240d

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