she won't let me publish the recorded weight.

Update on seat is that it's fixed. It was not without issues, however.

First recommendation to readers is to use tissue paper or thin towel to cushion the screwdriver against woodpanel so it's not damaged or scratched by prying out the plastic panel with a metal object. BTW, it seems better to pry from the side farthest from the door handle , rather than closest. Does that make sense? I noticed a cutout in the wood panel to accomodate the plastic cover - it's basically in the middle (vertically speaking) at the edge of the plastic panel. I'll get a picture of it after this week.

First, I removed the seat buttons - bottom/back/head rest.

Then, pryed off panel. I broke a seatback stalk(lower of the 2) support from prying the panel. It does not glue back on well. As a result, my seat back adjustor button is a bit flimsy to the touch, but will not fall out even with door closing and opening. I don't plan on buying a new mechanism simply because of the broken stalk.

I tried to remove the mechanism, but could not figure out how to disconnect it beyond the 2 long screws that were attached. That was almost a nightmare - all I could imagine was those screws falling into the door compartment out of reach. Lucklily they didn't. The mechanism moves around a bit without the screws, but it doesn't want to come out, and I didn't want to force it. Maybe I was missing something.

Since I could not remove the seat mechanism, I simply sprayed the radio shack contact cleaner into every orifice I could find. It was noticably dirty and grimy from years of use. Sure enough, the seat back worked after using contact cleaner.

I will try to publish a foto of what I'm talking about with the seat mechanism. I now know how to remove the panels without problem.

On a lighter note.. the wife was quite impressed that I was able to rectify this situation without the assistance of my mechanic. I'm usually not mechanically inclined at all.

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Bernard
Dallas, TX
89' 300SEL 228K
01' E320 48k