I felt the driver's seat shifting in a weird way tonight on my '85 300d and sure enough, when I got home, I saw that the mounting stud (for lack of a better description) at the front of the left rail looks like its sheared off.

I have snapped some pics (it was 8 p.m., pitch dark and very cold so I did what I could).

What am in for here? Can anything be done with the seat in place, or does the seat have to come out and the base pulled apart?

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Mac
2002 e320 4matic estate│1985 300d│1980 300td
Previous: 1979 & 1982 & 1983 300sd │ 1982 240d

“Let's take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.” ― Joseph Heller, Catch-22

That threaded stud you see is actually a Philips screw, it appears it wiggled out. You will need to take the seat out and possible remove a few bits to get to the screw and screw it back in. Its also a good time to clean up the tracks and grease them back up.

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^^^ indeed so long as you can get the screw to bite you should be OK - if the threads are stripped however...

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

Call me lucky. The screw threaded back in... though the fix would be easier if Mercedes had used a bolt-head fastener in the first place.

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Mac
2002 e320 4matic estate│1985 300d│1980 300td
Previous: 1979 & 1982 & 1983 300sd │ 1982 240d

“Let's take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.” ― Joseph Heller, Catch-22

Yeah, aren`t those Phillip head screws fun? wait until you take the seat tracks apart and have to deal with all 6 of them.


Charlie

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there were three HP ratings on the OM616...

1) Not much power
2) Even less power
3) Not nearly enough power!! 240D w/auto

Anyone that thinks a 240D is slow drives too fast.

80 240D Naturally Exasperated, 4-Spd 388k DD 150mph spedo 3:58 Diff

We are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics. Funny how that works

Oh yeah, the first time I took one of these seat bases apart, I thought I would lose my mind (that was before I learned to match the Job o' the Day to my state of mind of the day).

I bought seat cushions from another member for the wagon (well I was supposed to be buying whole seats -- until we priced out the shipping), so this summer sometime I get to do both seats. I know he had loads of fun getting them apart.

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Mac
2002 e320 4matic estate│1985 300d│1980 300td
Previous: 1979 & 1982 & 1983 300sd │ 1982 240d

“Let's take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.” ― Joseph Heller, Catch-22

A real PITA.

I seem to recall purchasing a #3 Phillips bit for those screws. Maybe someone can confirm?

I got really good at it,. I took both mine completely apart. The previous owner broke the height adjuster as well as remove the visible screws from the tracks....I also had to take a few a part at the pnp....you finally get to use that giant Phillips screw driver that came in that 10.99$ set

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I think it is a #3 Phillips. I used a Craftsman screwdriver and a 6" Vice Grip clamped on it to give me the leverage I needed while pushing down on the screw.

Be sure to take pictures as you are removing things, or have an extra seat for reference when putting it all back together. The old, "Oh I`ll remember which way this goes back together", doesn`t always work.

First time I took one apart, I did it on the Kitchen floor on an old piece of carpet so I didn`t ding up the lenolium. I didn`t get that sob back together till 2am. I stayed up till i got it together. knew if I quit I would forget what I couldn`t remember while I was doing it, and it was fresh in my mind.


Charlie

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there were three HP ratings on the OM616...

1) Not much power
2) Even less power
3) Not nearly enough power!! 240D w/auto

Anyone that thinks a 240D is slow drives too fast.

80 240D Naturally Exasperated, 4-Spd 388k DD 150mph spedo 3:58 Diff

We are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics. Funny how that works

I had to drill mine out...

...born under a bad sign - if I didn't have bad luck I'd have no luck at all!

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!