Re: [diesel_mercedes] Cleaning MB - Tex

 

Brake cleaner works pretty good, and it might be similar to what the dry cleaners use.
I've used it to clean off grease and tree sap from clothes.

Rob
Garden Grove, CA

On 1/5/16 3:02 PM, corvallis@peoplepc.com [diesel_mercedes] wrote:

Take it to a Dry Cleaners; the stain may be set in though.  Bill in Oregon

 

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A while ago I found a like new rear seat cushion in a North Hollywood Pick-A-Part Junk Yard and bought it .

Some damnfool used it as a creeper on the next car in the rows and liberally smeared his greasy filthy hands all over it .

I have been unable to get a few of the ancient grease stains off it , I have use my regular Meguiar's # 40 , Aerosol Upholstery Cleaner , Simple Green , even some ETHER (starting fluid) on a rag , nothing doing ~ it won't budge .

At this point most of the seat looks like new , the padding is better than the padding in the 240D's rear seat now so I really want to use it .

Maybe some _Gasoline_ on a rag ? .

I'm stumped .

As long as I had the Meguiar's out I set up and cleaned the door card and arm rest I removed from my '84 300TD , those now look AS-NEW again , thanx to a soft bristle brush and some patience .

-Nate

 


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RE: [diesel_mercedes] Cleaning MB - Tex

 

Take it to a Dry Cleaners; the stain may be set in though.  Bill in Oregon

 

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Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Cleaning MB - Tex

 

A while ago I found a like new rear seat cushion in a North Hollywood Pick-A-Part Junk Yard and bought it .

Some damnfool used it as a creeper on the next car in the rows and liberally smeared his greasy filthy hands all over it .

I have been unable to get a few of the ancient grease stains off it , I have use my regular Meguiar's # 40 , Aerosol Upholstery Cleaner , Simple Green , even some ETHER (starting fluid) on a rag , nothing doing ~ it won't budge .

At this point most of the seat looks like new , the padding is better than the padding in the 240D's rear seat now so I really want to use it .

Maybe some _Gasoline_ on a rag ? .

I'm stumped .

As long as I had the Meguiar's out I set up and cleaned the door card and arm rest I removed from my '84 300TD , those now look AS-NEW again , thanx to a soft bristle brush and some patience .

-Nate

 

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RE: [diesel_mercedes] Door Checks

 

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_sop=15&_nkw=buttstock+grease&_blrs=spell_check

Bill in Oregon

 

From: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com [mailto:diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2016 2:43 PM
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Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Door Checks

 

The little buttstock cups were what I was thinking of Bill ;

Those are several good types of grease there but all kinda $pendy to my taste .

It's pouring down rain here so I won't be fooling with it to - night .

As always : THANK YOU ! .

-Nate

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Here is military grease on eBay; some of it gun carriage grease.  Bill in Oregon

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=military+grease&_sop=15

From: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com [mailto: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com ]
Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2016 10:50 AM
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Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Door Checks

 

Last night I finally began to learn how to service/repair these , it doesn't seem terribly difficult .

I took one apart by depressing the limiting tang then wrapped it in a heavy cloth as I was concerned about flying parts due to the heavy springs inside it .

Turns out you need to close the door 2/3 the way shut so it's not in either of the two detent positions before removing it from the car , I was unable to press or batter the check out of either detent positions using hands , blocks of wood , hammers or mallets .

Once the sliding part came out of the 'U' shaped frame , only one large ball bearing popped out into the rag , I took it the rest of the way apart and spent some time cleaning out the 30 year old rock hard mix of carriage grease and fine dust ~ much of it had to be chipped out with a long narrow tip screwdriver , more on this to come .

I was going to use Lubriplate # 105 Lithium based Brake Grease but I'm beginning to think maybe Gun Cariage grease , like Mercedes specifies for the sun roof sliding parts , is a better choice .

Too bad all those WWII Surplus Stores have long gone out of business , the tiny pots of Lubriplate dustless gun carriage grease were excellent and usually only a dime or so .

The sun went down on me before I was finished cleaning so more on this soon .

It's raining in La La Land to - day but I really need to get this done .- Nate

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A while ago I found a like new rear seat cushion in a North Hollywood Pick-A-Part Junk Yard and bought it .

Some damnfool used it as a creeper on the next car in the rows and liberally smeared his greasy filthy hands all over it .

I have been unable to get a few of the ancient grease stains off it , I have use my regular Meguiar's # 40 , Aerosol Upholstery Cleaner , Simple Green , even some ETHER (starting fluid) on a rag , nothing doing ~ it won't budge .

At this point most of the seat looks like new , the padding is better than the padding in the 240D's rear seat now so I really want to use it .

Maybe some _Gasoline_ on a rag ? .

I'm stumped .

As long as I had the Meguiar's out I set up and cleaned the door card and arm rest I removed from my '84 300TD , those now look AS-NEW again , thanx to a soft bristle brush and some patience .

-Nate


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The little buttstock cups were what I was thinking of Bill ;

Those are several good types of grease there but all kinda $pendy to my taste .

It's pouring down rain here so I won't be fooling with it to - night .

As always : THANK YOU ! .

-Nate
      Bill   wrote :

Here is military grease on eBay; some of it gun carriage grease.  Bill in Oregon

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=military+grease&_sop=15

From: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com [mailto: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com ]
Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2016 10:50 AM
To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Door Checks

 

Last night I finally began to learn how to service/repair these , it doesn't seem terribly difficult .

I took one apart by depressing the limiting tang then wrapped it in a heavy cloth as I was concerned about flying parts due to the heavy springs inside it .

Turns out you need to close the door 2/3 the way shut so it's not in either of the two detent positions before removing it from the car , I was unable to press or batter the check out of either detent positions using hands , blocks of wood , hammers or mallets .

Once the sliding part came out of the 'U' shaped frame , only one large ball bearing popped out into the rag , I took it the rest of the way apart and spent some time cleaning out the 30 year old rock hard mix of carriage grease and fine dust ~ much of it had to be chipped out with a long narrow tip screwdriver , more on this to come .

I was going to use Lubriplate # 105 Lithium based Brake Grease but I'm beginning to think maybe Gun Cariage grease , like Mercedes specifies for the sun roof sliding parts , is a better choice .

Too bad all those WWII Surplus Stores have long gone out of business , the tiny pots of Lubriplate dustless gun carriage grease were excellent and usually only a dime or so .

The sun went down on me before I was finished cleaning so more on this soon .

It's raining in La La Land to - day but I really need to get this done .- Nate

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RE: [diesel_mercedes] Door Checks

 

Here is military grease on eBay; some of it gun carriage grease.  Bill in Oregon

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=military+grease&_sop=15

From: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com [mailto:diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2016 10:50 AM
To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Door Checks

 

Last night I finally began to learn how to service/repair these , it doesn't seem terribly difficult .

I took one apart by depressing the limiting tang then wrapped it in a heavy cloth as I was concerned about flying parts due to the heavy springs inside it .

Turns out you need to close the door 2/3 the way shut so it's not in either of the two detent positions before removing it from the car , I was unable to press or batter the check out of either detent positions using hands , blocks of wood , hammers or mallets .

Once the sliding part came out of the 'U' shaped frame , only one large ball bearing popped out into the rag , I took it the rest of the way apart and spent some time cleaning out the 30 year old rock hard mix of carriage grease and fine dust ~ much of it had to be chipped out with a long narrow tip screwdriver , more on this to come .

I was going to use Lubriplate # 105 Lithium based Brake Grease but I'm beginning to think maybe Gun Cariage grease , like Mercedes specifies for the sun roof sliding parts , is a better choice .

Too bad all those WWII Surplus Stores have long gone out of business , the tiny pots of Lubriplate dustless gun carriage grease were excellent and usually only a dime or so .

The sun went down on me before I was finished cleaning so more on this soon .

It's raining in La La Land to - day but I really need to get this done .- Nate

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Last night I finally began to learn how to service/repair these , it doesn't seem terribly difficult .

I took one apart by depressing the limiting tang then wrapped it in a heavy cloth as I was concerned about flying parts due to the heavy springs inside it .

Turns out you need to close the door 2/3 the way shut so it's not in either of the two detent positions before removing it from the car , I was unable to press or batter the check out of either detent positions using hands , blocks of wood , hammers or mallets .

Once the sliding part came out of the 'U' shaped frame , only one large ball bearing popped out into the rag , I took it the rest of the way apart and spent some time cleaning out the 30 year old rock hard mix of carriage grease and fine dust ~ much of it had to be chipped out with a long narrow tip screwdriver , more on this to come .

I was going to use Lubriplate # 105 Lithium based Brake Grease but I'm beginning to think maybe Gun Cariage grease , like Mercedes specifies for the sun roof sliding parts , is a better choice .

Too bad all those WWII Surplus Stores have long gone out of business , the tiny pots of Lubriplate dustless gun carriage grease were excellent and usually only a dime or so .


The sun went down on me before I was finished cleaning so more on this soon .


It's raining in La La Land to - day but I really need to get this done .


-Nate

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