removal of grill emblem - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

TheDon · #1 12-24-2005, 04:14 PM

w123 chasis 300D

i know how to get the hood start out but not the round emblem that goes on the chrome part of the grill. anyone have any idea how to? the online manual doesnt cover that

Joe Bauers · #2 12-24-2005, 04:33 PM

Should be a nut on the back side of the grill holding it in place. Probably 7 or 8mm, as I recall.

Joe B.

TheDon · #3 12-24-2005, 04:36 PM

i looked and it looks like it has a foam like glue on it. ill pick at it til something goes .. would you also know if the hood star has some sort of glue on it.. mine appears to have some sort of glue residue peeking out from the base

Roncallo · #4 12-26-2005, 10:24 AM

If it is like the 560 SL, Then it is just pushed out. The SL has a hole in the hood that a nylon gromet is installed in. The emblem has a post that inserts into the gromet and expands it, holding it in place. It takes a lot of force to push it back out from the underside of the hood.

John Roncallo

Benzmeister · #5 12-26-2005, 11:57 AM

emblem. On this car the emblem consited of a emblem two plastic gromments, a plate and two nuts to secure. I changed the old emblem on my 79 450SLC and all that was need was the emblem for the car an one plastic grommet, however it does not hold well, but that is what the dealer and a few after market dealers shows as the assembly. I think I'n going to glue it down as water is getting under there and I have a rust free 450SLC and want to keep it that way.

Benzmeister · #6 12-26-2005, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Roncallo

If it is like the 560 SL, Then it is just pushed out. The SL has a hole in the hood that a nylon gromet is installed in. The emblem has a post that inserts into the gromet and expands it, holding it in place. It takes a lot of force to push it back out from the underside of the hood.

John Roncallo

your 500, however I can't get the grommet to stay in place, how did you get it to stay down. I applied as much force as I coud but the rear post keeps on popping up thus making the front post come up? I see when it expands but it seems it didn't expand. See my other post on my search for the proper fittings. I perhaps should have kept the old grommet as you said it takes a lot of force, I used a nail punch from underneath to pot out the old one.

Joe Bauers · #7 12-26-2005, 06:37 PM

On the 123s, though, I still think it is held in place by a single nut, attached to the stud coming off the back of the emblem. I have seen cases, however, where someone tried to take the nut off and, because of corrosion, broke the stud off. If you are seeing white glue-like stuff around it, perhaps that is what happened--someone broke it off, then glued it to keep it in place. Just speculating.

Joe B.

Roncallo · #8 12-26-2005, 11:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Benzmeister

your 500, however I can't get the grommet to stay in place, how did you get it to stay down. I applied as much force as I coud but the rear post keeps on popping up thus making the front post come up? I see when it expands but it seems it didn't expand. See my other post on my search for the proper fittings. I perhaps should have kept the old grommet as you said it takes a lot of force, I used a nail punch from underneath to pot out the old one.

I installed mine by placing the gromet in the hole in the hood first, then pressing the emblenm into the whole in the gromet. I used a new gromet and emblem. The rear hole is just a guide.

John Roncallo