Always an adventure with these cars.
Rob
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On 7/27/13 3:27 AM, diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> Re: Will seats from 86 300SDL fit my 83 300SD?
> Posted by: "CaitlinDean"tinymachine@gmail.com livingliminally
> Date: Fri Jul 26, 2013 6:52 pm ((PDT))
>
> An update for anyone interested...
>
> Turns out the seller is on the list, so I met up with Rodger and we had a bit of an adventure with the seats.
>
> The rear seat in his SDL was indeed the motorized kind, and the bottom of the seat bolts in, whereas my 83 SD take clips. The current backseat also does not clip in properly as it's from a W123 and the spacing is different.
>
> We thought we had the driver's seat figured out, but it was not to be. The bolts lined up just fine, but the wiring was a few inches too short. Rodger gave me a quick intro to splicing wires, so that I could follow up with that later, but when I went to snap the seatbelt in place, it wouldn't fit. The "tongue" end from my SD seemed too big or a different shape and didn't snap into the "receiving" end from the 86 SDL. I wonder if the seatbelts are original to the 300SD.
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> So Rodger instead, very generously, repaired my two broken springs on my current driver's seat (from a W123 seats, and blue while my interior is brown) so I had a MUCH comfier ride home.
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> I had a great time being in newbie mode and picking his brain for my upcoming projects...and he sent me away with a great solution for capturing my coolant when I do my drain n fill.
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> THANK YOU RODGER!
>
> Caitlin in Santa Fe,
> 1983 300SD
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