hi folks, i finally rebuilt my driver's seat (thanks to cooljjay and Alec300SD) with a third spring, foam inserts and a heat transfer pad. great. cleaned and lubed all the tracks and forgot how it went back together. figured it out and got it in the car. now the height adjustment doesn't work, and i found this one steel part left behind on the bench. are the two related? i can't place it on the parts diagram. if not, i just committed some other sort of sin, but i'd like to know before i haul it back out of the car.

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'77 240D, 504H, OM617.952, etc.

Wild guess - is it not part of 331? (that would be funny)

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

I believe that is part # 541 in your diagram. It is to keep the seat from sliding too far in the rail. It bolts in from the bottom when you attach the seat to the base.

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Current stable:
1995 E320 149K (Nancy)
1983 500SL 120K (SLoL)

Black Sheep:
1985 524TD 167K (TotalDumpster™)

Gone but not forgotten:
1986 300SDL (RIP)
1991 350SD
1991 560SEL
1990 560SEL
1986 500SEL Euro (Rusted to nothing at 47K!)

Diseasel300 i think you are right. it seems unnecessary and would have take more disassembly to replace, so i left it out.

the adjustment problem came down to the fact that the little wing on the transfer rod wasn't captive under the welded square tongue. my pull at the left wasn't being transmitted to the right side of the seat. having fixed that, and put an M8 bolt through the seat frame to improve the leverage of the pull lever, everything works well again.

thanks folks!

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'77 240D, 504H, OM617.952, etc.

I repaired some of the springs in my seats a couple weeks ago and I remember that piece and what a PAIN it was! I forgot to install it on one of my seats and had to unbolt it and lean the seat back to put it back in. I was not amused.

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Current stable:
1995 E320 149K (Nancy)
1983 500SL 120K (SLoL)

Black Sheep:
1985 524TD 167K (TotalDumpster™)

Gone but not forgotten:
1986 300SDL (RIP)
1991 350SD
1991 560SEL
1990 560SEL
1986 500SEL Euro (Rusted to nothing at 47K!)

Good spot Diseasel300

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!