I had to change my deck lid. The deck lid that I had was superceeded by what I have now. On the deck lid is what I believe the call the handle. This is a plastic piece that is about 2 feet long. It sorta holds the licence plates lights in place. My old unit had 3 of those nuts that look like the licence plate fasteners. When you take out the fastners, you see 3 hex holes in the deck lid at that part. The handle screws into the deck lid via 3 screws and all 3 of them go into the hex nuts. My new one has 2 hexagonal holes and the center hole is round. The parts shop is at a loss to tell me what goes in the center hole.

I looked at the 2001 E class as far as the rear deck handle or whatever they call it is and they have 2 screws, 1 on each side and something that might be a carriage bolt in the middle. Can someone tell me what the center bolt is? It looks like a carriage bolt but I am not sure. If someone has the parts number, that would be great.

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01 Ford Excursion Powerstroke
99 E300 Turbodiesel
91 Vette with 383 motor
05 Polaris Sportsman 800 EFI
06 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Red
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Yellow
04 Tailgator 21 ft Toy Hauler
11 Harley Davidson 883 SuperLow

From the EPC -

Through 99, the handle 210 758 01 38 is held by 2 screws 007985 005187 (AM5x16-A2-70) into 2 nuts 140 990 06 58. From 00 on, the handle 210 750 04 93 is held by 2 screws 007985 005187 (AM5x16-A2-70) into 2 riveted nuts 210 990 12 58 and a central screw 000 990 12 29 into a nut 124 990 04 51.

I hope this helps.

Sixto
95 S420
87 300SDL

The handle I took off is 210 758 05 38. The parts guy said the part number, should I need it is 210 758 01 38. Just like you said. Maybe they changed suppliers or something. Dealer said I would need 3 nuts 140 990 06 58. The nuts fit 2 holes on the side but not the center.

The center hole on the handle looks like instead of having a round hole, it has a square which is what made me think carraige bolt. Anyways, the old deck lid has 3 hex holes. The parts department said that it takes 3 nuts 140 990 06 58.

The new deck lid has 2 hex holes and 1 round hole. I saw the 01 210 cars and saw that the middle hole has something that looks like a carriage bolt where the top is smooth.

The new handle for the 01 cars is 210 750 04 93. Once again, like you said. Perhaps tomorrow I will go get the parts you speak of and see what transpires. If I had to, I suppose I will get a new handle to go with those parts.

Thise leaves 2 questions:

1. What is your source where the parts people were stumped?

2. Why weren't you behind that counter when I was there?


I will go to the parts store with these numbers and maybe I can get some resolution.

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01 Ford Excursion Powerstroke
99 E300 Turbodiesel
91 Vette with 383 motor
05 Polaris Sportsman 800 EFI
06 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Red
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Yellow
04 Tailgator 21 ft Toy Hauler
11 Harley Davidson 883 SuperLow

1) EPC. There's a newer version than the one I have so maybe there's later information. Ask speedy300Dturbo (or something like that) about it.

2) I was but you looked like you had a difficult parts query so I pretended to have something else to do

Sixto
95 S420
87 300SDL

How do I get my paws on the EPC?

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01 Ford Excursion Powerstroke
99 E300 Turbodiesel
91 Vette with 383 motor
05 Polaris Sportsman 800 EFI
06 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Red
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Yellow
04 Tailgator 21 ft Toy Hauler
11 Harley Davidson 883 SuperLow

Ahem - ask speedy300Dturbo about it

Sixto
95 S420
87 300SDL