I'm trying to repair my front Door wiring on a 300E.

My CD seems to be at work. Can someone give me some helpful advice on what needs to come out to remove the kick panel next to the emergency brake?


Michael

Here's the procedure:

1. Remove floor mat
2. Remove screws (I think there are two on the upper part of the lower panel and a clip at the bottom under the pedals). Take out the two screws under the parking brake.
3. Remove hood release handle (open handle and remove the cable, I believe there's a screw that holds it on)
4. Remove the headlight knob (it pulls off)
5. Using a 24mm socket, remove the nut and carefully pull back the trim. There are going to be some electrical connectors to take off.
6. Remove trim on that side, it should slide to the left
7. Take off the trim around the ignition lock, gently pry from the bottom edge seam, just beneath the lock cylinder
8. Remove the screw by the ignition lock, and the two on the left side of the steering wheel.
9. When the panel comes down, disconnect the cable at the parking brake (it's a little bit of a pain to get on, so note how it comes apart) and take the handle off.

For installation, there are a couple quick things to note

1. Do the parking brake handle first
2. Make sure that the cover is slipped into the 'lateral clamp'. I never had a problem with this, it just went back on the way it came out.
3. Reverse of removal from here on.

There's a note for vacuum lines on the switch for the 'beam range regulator'. There should be a color mark on the switch if you have it. I didn't.

I have a couple pictures if you need it, mainly of the parking brake and the hood release.

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Here's the procedure:[*]Remove floor mat[*]Remove screws (I think there are two on the upper part of the lower panel and a clip at the bottom under the pedals). Take out the two screws under the parking brake.
There are three screws two below and one above, the upper one is accessed from below thru the slot in the handle's rear slider potion. [*]Remove hood release handle (open handle and remove the cable, I believe there's a screw that holds it on)
Remove the screw first![*]Remove the headlight knob (it pulls off)[*]Using a 24mm socket, remove the nut and carefully pull back the trim. There are going to be some electrical connectors to take off. The connectors are the illumination bulb for the headlight bezel.[*]Remove trim on that side, it should slide to the left[*]Take off the trim around the ignition lock, gently pry from the bottom edge seam, just beneath the lock cylinder[*]Remove the screw by the ignition lock, and the two on the left side of the steering wheel. Two screws behind the trim and below the ignition switch on the right side, three screws behind the headlight bezel trim on the left side.
[*]When the panel comes down, disconnect the cable at the parking brake (it's a little bit of a pain to get on, so note how it comes apart) and take the handle off.

The windlace around the door opening needs to be pulled free as it secures the edge of the side panel in place also. there may also be a single Philips head screw right at the botton of the panel behind the windlace ( I'm not certain of this screw it might be only 201 chassis cars that have this!)

For installation, there are a couple quick things to note

[*]Do the parking brake handle first[*]Make sure that the cover is slipped into the 'lateral clamp'. I never had a problem with this, it just went back on the way it came out.[*]Reverse of removal from here on.

There's a note for vacuum lines on the switch for the 'beam range regulator'. There should be a color mark on the switch if you have it. I didn't.

I have a couple pictures if you need it, mainly of the parking brake and the hood release.

Thanks- please read my next posting!!