The striker assembly has to be removed. From there scrape out the remnants of the old hard plastic insert. Mine was kind of disintegrated and came right out short of cleaning some sealant out of the pin hold.
Mike

hey guys.. i can't seem to find this on ebay.. Anyone have his direct contact?

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1985 300d Turbo Diesel

Locking Eye Repair Kits Mercedes Benz W123 230 280CE TD | eBay

type locking eye in the search box. seller name is atpartsonline

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Did mine today. For such a fast and cheap little fix, it's quite satisfying. Did the CD and the 240, nice to have 'em close so easily.

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Eric, CPO, Submarines, retired.
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Mine: '68 Corvette LS1/4L65E, 83 240D, 2000 GMC 4x4, 08 FLSTC Anniv
Hers: '72 Corvette 454/4spd, '99 MB SLK, '93 Metro vert, 78 240D, '92 Silverado, '65 Fjord Rustang, '59 Fjord Fairlane, '17 Slingshot.

This was my first mini-project on my new/old 85 300TD. Very satisfying! I had to spray some kroil on the bolts to get them out. That stuff is amazing.

I noticed a few people mentioned marking the original position of the housing with permanent marker. I didn't find this necessary; instead I just reattached it loosely and opened and closed the door a bunch, tapping the unit up and down until the connection felt direct. It seems like this is a better route than drawing on your vehicle.

anyone had issues with trying to purchase these from atpartsonline? It tells me shipping is going to be $65.

I bought the locking eyes directly from their site about a year ago - it was a little wonky and difficult to navigate but the order went in and the stuff got here reasonably promptly and there was not a huge shipping charge. I think the whole order was less than $20 including shipping and it was enough for four doors. They were set up to take payment via paypal.

Maybe the 65 figure for shipping is in baht (Thai currency) rather than US dollars?

Would be nice if our forum sponsor could make a bulk order of these parts - no doubt they'd sell; almost every one of these old cars I've ever dealt with needs this part. Another option is to get a rear-door striker at the JY that's not worn out. Or get the whole striker brand-new; they're not that much.

Has anyone been able to purchase these recently? I searched eBay with a variety of search terms but found nothing.

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1982 280SL - Petrol Green
1994 E420 - Brilliant Silver
1995 E320 wagon - Smoke Silver

I bought some on 10-01-2015 and they really fixed my problem. Here is the email for the eBay seller: autopartsprofessional@gmail.com

Good luck.

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Baton Rouge, LA
1977 300D Non-Turbo

FWIW, I purchased four new strikers from our forum sponsors this week and was very pleased. Ordered on Monday, with three day standard shipping and they were here already by Wednesday. I would strongly consider going that route, as they are only 15-20 bucks apiece (can't remember exactly and too lazy to look it up). I also ordered four new bolts (out of a total of eight). That was good, because a couple of them needed to be replaced after loosening and tightening a couple times.

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-Scott J
1978 240D

Thanks. Doing some searching I found the product here:
Auto Pro. Locking Eye Repair Kits Mercedes-Benz W123 all Models 220 230 240D 250D 300D 230E 280E 300 #1993322

Fair point, but unfortunately the only strikers available at that price are URO brand, which is universally recognized as pure garbage. I'd rather have 30 year old genuine strikers with new "locking eyes" than new URO strikers. They show Genuine MB strikers as "NLA" - I'm not sure if that's really the case or if they're just out of stock.

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1982 280SL - Petrol Green
1994 E420 - Brilliant Silver
1995 E320 wagon - Smoke Silver

I just ordered two sets from the Thailand company- but the site said my total order would be $89- $24 for the two sets and $65 for shipping. I paid with Paypal and they asked for the total so I put $35 which is $11 for shipping. I'll update here as I get info.

Here is the ideal type of impact driver....it pushes INTO the bolt at the same time it provides rotational forces...
Avoids stripped heads on lots of phillips type screws.

Sears.com

also striker plate info ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUMnRssH0W0

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1980 240d ,

chain elongation, cam marks reference:
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/10414-help-i-need-check-stretch.html

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/305365-9-degrees-chain-stretch.html

evap fin cleaning:

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/156207-photo-step-step-post-showing-w123-evaporator-removal-1983-240d-1982-300td.html?highlight=evaporator

A/C thread

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/297462-c-recommendations-mb-vehicles.html

So I paid with paypal $35 and asked for two sets. He shipped one set and "shipping" was 90 Baht. It's $12 for the parts and $23 for shipping. He stopped communication after I pointed that out because he knew he was ripping me off. parts were fine, btw.

Replaced these rubber parts in my 240D a few years ago, and they did not last.
Looking to replace them again - anyone have any credible sources to order from?

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1979 240D 123.123 250K (Project car)

2000 Ford Ranger, 187K

2015 Dodge Ram 1500 EcoDiesel 37K