Please share. My car has them, but they're getting a bit tired. EPC says it's not applicable to my model

-J

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Ok, looked on a euro 420SE. A1269142215, 2 per seat. Impex has them for $6/each.

Tidbit: Late W124 seats have large foam pads on each side, supporting 2 coil springs per side. W126 (and I assume w123?) seats have only one coil spring per side.

-J

Does anyone have a photo of these cylinders? I took all my seats out last winter and stuffed them with pool noodles. I do think I have them too stiff though. I'm curious to see what the official method is to stiffen up the seats.

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"Gerwalt" 1984 - 300TD

It's a small black cylinder that fits inside the coil spring.

-J

A site called mercedes source.com offers a seat repair kit that might solve the problem. I have not personally used the seat repair kit for my 300D but have ordered several things from his site and have been impressed with their service. I just went to the site and searched seat repair to find the kit.

Jody

Early 123's did not have a coil spring at all. I found that out when I tried to repair my 240D's driver seat. it didn't have a coil spring in at all and was so badly broken i just threw it away and replaced it with one from a junkyard from a later car which did have the coils at each front corner. I still braced that with pool noodles though but thinking back to it in retrospect I went over the top and it was far too firm in the end. I have seen the parts kit offered by **************.com. I think I would now use that first and see how it works before going the pool noodle route again.

- Peter.


- Peter.

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Why did you discount the advice of the professional upholstery shop ?
My local shop carries that foam in three densities... and you can layer them to get some great effects....and it is easy to cut ( use an electric vibrating serrated kitchen carving knife if you have it ). You can contour it easily and exactly like you need... unlike the horse hair pads...
They may only sell it in single pads.. maybe four feet by six or something... find some other locals needing seat work and go in together to get more than one density to mix in...
The stuff is great. That is why they suggested it....and it is used in so many items we sit on.... Horse hair padding is literally left over from when these car companies were making COACHES pulled by HORSES..... think about that....
And they originally used it because it was CHEAP and AVAILABLE..... not because it was good for the job...just like the shop told you.

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chain elongation, cam marks reference:
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/10414-help-i-need-check-stretch.html

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/305365-9-degrees-chain-stretch.html

evap fin cleaning:

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/156207-photo-step-step-post-showing-w123-evaporator-removal-1983-240d-1982-300td.html?highlight=evaporator

A/C thread

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/297462-c-recommendations-mb-vehicles.html

I believe MB labeled the option as 'Front seats with reinforced frames' At least that is what my 1991 MB Sales Brochure shows.



Part number is: A - 126.914.22.15

They are about 5" tall and about 2" in diameter, in a dark grey color.



I will turn this thread on you guys now, anyone where where to order some of this high density foam?

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'85 300SD 245k
'87 300SDL 251k
'90 300SEL 326k

Six others from BMW, GM, and Ford.

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I've got an MB cushion pad for a W123 coupe in my stash of spares that consists of foam bonded to a sheet of what looks like Masonite. So for those considering the foam route, I'd suggest starting out with a composite sheet maybe 1/4 inch thick and then gluing the foam to that. You'd want to zip tie the board around the perimeter of the box spring to keep it from shifting about .

In the past, I've used the felt-like indoor-outdoor carpet found at Home-Depot or Lowes to line the seat-springs and keep them from wearing through the seat-padding.

An alternative to pool-noodles is the poly-foam (not rubber-foam) pipe insulation. You can put different diameters inside each other as needed, to adjust for thickness and firmness.
I recently did this on a 240D drivers seat where one of the outboard torsion-springs had snapped. The seat now feels balanced, instead of trying to dump me out of the car when I open the door!

I also used some steel brake tubing to secure the ends of that broken spring. It didn't restore the spring function, but it does keep the jagged ends from clicking, scraping and screeching against the seat-pan while I'm sitting there.

Happy Motoring, Mark

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