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Old 04-08-2003, 03:27 PM
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Seat Fix

I finally had it this weekend and pulled out the driver seat on my 1983 300TD-T. It came out pretty easily but it is a mite heavy compared to a Honda or some other lesser car.

When I flipped it over, I immediately saw two broken springs toward the back of the seat. I took a dremel tool and sawed off about 3" of the broken spring after it cut my knuckle a bit! I could see that some additional padding olong the side would help the situation and found some scrap carpet foam padding. Cut into about 7" x 18" pieces, I rolled it up tight and tied some string around it to hold it in place. I put two rolls on each side.

Finally, I got about 10 zip ties (heavy duty ones) and tied all the springs together. I didn't tie them real tight but left about 1/2" of slack. My feeling was that the other springs could use the extra support.

I then cleaned the seat and the area under the seat (picked up about $1.79 in change) and reinstalled it. What a remarkable difference. There is no more "port" list. The seat is very firm and comfortable and no longer sinks down like an old sofa in a cheap motel. Total time invested was about 90 minutes and worth every minute.

There are two round 'coil" type springs at the top (leading edge) of the seat under each corner. I'm guessing that the tennis ball trick might work in there for some additional firmness but I don't feel that there is any need at this time.

Hope this information is good for someone out there.

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1983 MB 300TD-T (aka -- Daisy)
Spring Valley, CA
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