Looking at the rear of the 300D yesterday, I noticed that both the front seat backs are tilted in slightly. Is this normal from people sitting toward the center and the arm reast on higher mile cars? Rolled over 263K yesterday. 12K miles in the last four months.. God bless WORKING cruise control..

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1982 VW Caddy diesel 406K 1.9L AAZ
1994 E320 195K

Not sure about the backs, but front seat bottoms are usually worn the other way, ie the cushions seem weakest on the outside. This is especially true of the drivers seat, which gets the most use and wear.

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1961 190Db retired
1968 220D/8 325,000
1983 300D 164,150

Already replaced drivers side seat spring, it was awhile after that I noticed the leaning seat back. I can probibly figure it out, but it's going to involve a bunch of work I imagine. Oddly enough I can't feel it sitting in it really.

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One more Radar Lover gone...
1982 VW Caddy diesel 406K 1.9L AAZ
1994 E320 195K

Hey, you're just the guy I need to talk to! What's involved in replacing the driver's side seat spring? In ours, we're really listing to the left, and you almost slide out when you open the door. Not great on our backs, that's for sure. We were just going to replace the front seats, but if there's something I can do to the springs to solve the problem, I love to know how.

Thanks --

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Anthracite 1980 300D -- 64k original miles with a new engine, on the road again!
Silver 300D -- second owner, Sunny's old baby, Ilse, 210 miles,
Having to thin the herd….
Silver 1983 300SD -- second owner, 325k miles
Gold 1981 300D -- well-traveled, solid little car
Beige 1984 300D -- 292k miles, grease machine, parting out
Seafoam green 1981 300SD -- 250k, windshield frame damage
too many assorted w123 & w126 cars, parts cars, and extras

I still need to do mine, but the temporary fix is to get a nice flat pillow and initially sit on it while leaning to the higher side. After a while the pillow will adjust and level your ass. Works even better if you have sheep skins as those somewhat reduce the leaning of the seat to one side and hold the pillow in place.

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2004 VW Jetta TDI (manual)

Past MB's: '96 E300D, '83 240D, '82 300D, '87 300D, '87 420SEL

Thanks -- tried that, hubby got annoyed with it (it's his everyday car) and decided it was easier to put up with the slant than the pillow moving around. He's wrong, of course -- chiropractor TOLD him so, but he's a little stubborn.

Somebody mentioned tennis balls as a temporary fix! Can't quite picture how that works, but it sounds interesting.....

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Anthracite 1980 300D -- 64k original miles with a new engine, on the road again!
Silver 300D -- second owner, Sunny's old baby, Ilse, 210 miles,
Having to thin the herd….
Silver 1983 300SD -- second owner, 325k miles
Gold 1981 300D -- well-traveled, solid little car
Beige 1984 300D -- 292k miles, grease machine, parting out
Seafoam green 1981 300SD -- 250k, windshield frame damage
too many assorted w123 & w126 cars, parts cars, and extras

Sunny,
It's not hard to change the springs on the seat, it just takes a while. While you're at it you should replace the horsehair (it's not real horsehair) pad too. You'll need to remove the seat tracks and seat belt from the floor, remove the seat back, and disassemble the lower part of the seat. The new spring set is much more robust than the original and makes a huge difference. There's lots of info here on the topic if you do a search, including tricks like using tennis balls in the springs as temp fixes. Go for it. You can do it with pretty basic skills and tools. Good luck.

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1987 300D Turbo 175K
2006 Toyota Prius, efficent but no soul
1985 300 TDT(130K miles of trouble free motoring)now sold