Re: [diesel_mercedes] I hope no one told me this was THAT easy...

This may not satisfy the purist - but it worked for me (and very well at that).

I went to my local do it yourself car wash. Go to the vacuum first. Vacuum the hood pad first using the hard plastic nozzle like a scraper - sucks all that garbage away slick as vasaline on a crew cut.  Then head for the car wash, put the hood in the upright position, and spray it clean. I did a little minor touch up after that but 99% of my old pad was gone, and what was left was miniscule (itty bitty pieces). I put the new pad on with 3M adhesive (hood upright, tack the top end first). All in all, not a bad experience - just don't spray the 3M on a windy day cause it is a bugger to get off your paint.

brian

Kevin Kraly <kraly@comcast.net> wrote:

strip hood,

 

Mine needs that too (forgot about that).  When I went to change the battery, hood pad mess was all over the place under there.  When it had the exhaust leak at the turbo, it blackened the area on the hood above it.  I'm going to get the old decaying stuff off and install a new hood pad.  It will be a lot quieter after that's done since the old stuff can't be absorbing too much noise.

 

Kevin in Hillsboro, OR

1983 300SD 267Kmi, Ursula

brian from la verne, ca

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