The power window mechanism broke on the drivers side of my 1987 560 SEL. I tried to get the door panel off however I am doing more damage than good. Can you please tell me the proper way to remove the panel? Also is the molded handle secured to the door frame and how do I remove that?

Thanks

Marc P

My wife has our 560 sel at the moment she wont be back till 5pm pacific time . If nobody responds by then I will go out and have a gander at my car as I just had the door panels off in april but did not have any problems getting them off or used any special tools but I will take a look to refresh my memory and report my findigs and instrucions to you here

To remove the door panel do the following. Remove the plastic peice behind the door latch. Look for a small place to pry it free. Once this is done there is a screw near the latch which will allow the metal piece arround the door latch to be removed, revealing a large screw that holds the door pull on. Then there are two large screws on the underside of the "elbow rest" part of the door pull that will allow the entire door pull to be removed. Then there is a small screw located on the bottom edge about center of the door panel that holds the panel down. Remove it and slide the entire panel up. It should come off except for any wires attached to the lamps etc. Do not try to pry the panel away from the door cuz you will break off the plastic clips molded into the door panel. Good luck.

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what did you do to get the panel off

Nice explanation by dpetryk. Kudos to him. If you need more info, click on the tab above titled "Tech Info" and you'll see all the MB Technical Articles. Most of them have a thread about removing a door panel.