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Originally Posted by sixto (Post 1294220)

96- or 97-up 140 sedans use the same mirror assembly as the 210 sedan so that might widen the pool of available parts. I don't know if the part you're looking for is part of the door or part of the mirror.

Sixto
93 300SD

Interesting.

Then I can say for sure after recently looking into one for my friends W210 that there are only 3 parts available. You can get the guts, the glass, the outside, or the whole thing. The guts are what you need and MB lists them for $402. Of course thats list at the dealer, so you should be able to do a lot better.

The only chance of you getting the couple parts you needs is if you come across a wrecked W140 where you can scavange the needed parts. Other then that finding a used mirror is your best option.

Removel is not tricky I am 90% sure the glass unclips and the rest is a combo of clips with maybe a few screws. But I havn't messed with one in awhile.

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Originally Posted by Foleydb (Post 1293812)

I'm not taking the engine out, and the link sixto provided is to a place that doesn't have my part. How about instead something like, hey, I had the same problem and here's what I learned through the process of solving it. Instead I get multiple replies that suggest I purchase this and that guide to taking my car apart. I should have posted if you don't have specific experience with this particular problem please keep your general and useless observations to yourself. Sixto says he provides specific step by step instructions, well, I guess he knows airbags, and that's good, but instead I got a link a to place without the part, and then people think that's the answer. Search the forum for my problem and you will see that there is not a single posting where someone actually solved their problem and shared what they learned about doing it. That's what this is supposed to be about, no? Sixto has 3.5 posts per day, which means he really, really likes posting here. Before I wrote my complaint I looked at his last twenty, and they were all just like what he did to my thread. Attitude about how he's the one with the knowledge, but nothing helpful to the people with the problem. Maybe he's just going through a bad time, and he used to be great. Whatever...

Yes indeed, whatever. Thanks to the internet, you and I can pick the brains of people that wouldn't talk to us unless we paid them a one hour diagnostic fee in the range of a hundred dollars. The price for all this knowledge? A simple thanks would suffice.

You know something? You bought a S-class, not a Chevette so "pay the tax" as the Harley guys say.

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Originally Posted by Foleydb (Post 1294193)

And no one has any suggestions about how hard or easy it will be to install this for someone who has tools and can tackle most such jobs? Any warnings about how I will need a special tool that only a dealer might have, or some secret connector that you have to subscribe to a special website or buy a special manual to learn about? Thoughts about how long it might take or how hard someone found it to be? Etc, etc., etc.?

Like sixto writes, yes the partnr for the late facelifted one is
the same as for the W210, but there are different versions
for with or without memory.

http://www.detali.ru/cat/oem_mb2.asp?TP=1&F=140032&M=104%2E990++++++994&GA=722%2E368371%2C502508%2C605&GM=717%2E454&CT=F&cat= 19B&SID=72&SGR=175&SGN=06

I have also a mirror (driver side), with broken hinge. Not as bad
as your, so mine stays put, but will have to be slightly lifted
when coming from a folded state.

I tried to remove the whole assembly. Got that done with
removing the three screws that attaches the mirror to
the door accessed from the outside. Removing the cover
is more difficult, but you should see a long wire inside that
catches the cover to the assembly. There are two places
where that wire will have to be "dissconnected" with a long screwdriver,
and the cover sliding off, avoiding the mirror by adjust
the angle with the button inside the car.
No special tools.

Try that or get back to me, and I can perhaps take some
images.

BTW, I tried to glue the metal with epoxy, but it broke again
right away...

br,
syljua

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Originally Posted by syljua (Post 1294658)

Try that or get back to me, and I can perhaps take some
images.

Here is an image I found on ebay of the inside of the mirror.
On the right, you see the wire that has to be disconnected.
(where I have put some arrows)

http://www.pvv.org/~syljua/merc/w140mirrorInside.jpg

The ebay auction that MAYBE is right for you, is here;

http://cgi.ebay.de/C-E-KLASSE-W202-W210-S-KLASSE-W140-SPIEGEL-KLAPPBAR_W0QQitemZ110038678184QQihZ001QQcategoryZ64889QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

br,
syljua