Got a question for ya's. I guess its the "B" pillar, where the drivers shoulder belt comes out. Whats the trick to removing it? Thanks in advance.

...I assume that you mean the trim and not the whole pillar?

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1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod

2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die."

I need to remove the retract and belt mechanism, so the trim cover needs to come off.

The plastic cover at the bottom of the B pillar has 2 Phillips screws. Remove them and the panel will come off and down. Remove the trim from the edges of the door well and the B pillar cover will come off except for the very top where a clip is pressed into the sheet metal. That takes a little wiggling to get it loose.

Note that once the cover is off, it will still be trapped by the seat belt.

Jeremy

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Thanks! This will help me too

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1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod

2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die."

I find that getting it back on is the hard part of the job.

What I find difficult: getting it to stay in place with the bottom edge nicely seated in the plastic trim piece (which requires some upward pressure) while I try to align it with the screw holes to secure the whole thing. I find it hard to hold it steady without having it pop back out of its upper slot.

If that description makes sense....

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Mac
2002 e320 4matic estate│1985 300d│1980 300td
Previous: 1979 & 1982 & 1983 300sd │ 1982 240d

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Ok, thx for the wealth of info.

It helps to have the front seat removed.

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Past:
3/2008 1986 300SDL "Coda"
04/2010 1965 190D(c) "Ben"
& many more

Or at least movable. It gets interesting when the car is in the junk yard and you find a nice set of B-pillar trim. Rare as hen's teeth, though.

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1983 300SD - Good interior. Engine finally tamed ~250K.
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What car?

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