W126 wood - how to remove and replace?

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Ozmodiar - 04 Feb 2006 03:33 GMT

ahoy:

i recently purchased a 1984 300SD with bad wood inside. i found a wrecked
420SEL with beautiful wood. i would like to swap all the wood (save for LF
door and LR door). can someone offer tips to perform that job without
ruining it? i'm particularly concerned about removing the door wood.
thanks very much.

POE
-rr

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Richard Sexton - 04 Feb 2006 06:50 GMT

>ahoy:
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>ruining it? i'm particularly concerned about removing the door wood.
>thanks very much.

The door wood is the easy bit.

Using a small sharp pointy thing, bry back the black plastic
thingy under the door catch. Now start undoing all the screws
you can find (3 or 4 total) and the door panel is off.

Befor you get to that point, either the first screw or two
into this you'll have the wood off.

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Ozmodiar - 04 Feb 2006 18:15 GMT

>>i recently purchased a 1984 300SD with bad wood inside. i found a wrecked
>>420SEL with beautiful wood. i would like to swap all the wood (save for
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> Befor you get to that point, either the first screw or two
> into this you'll have the wood off.

thanks very much. are there any tips on removing the dash and console wood?
i'd also like to replace the gear indicator if that's not too much trouble.

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Richard Sexton - 04 Feb 2006 20:40 GMT

>thanks very much. are there any tips on removing the dash and console wood?
>i'd also like to replace the gear indicator if that's not too much trouble.

Just wait a bit. It usually delaminates and just falls off.

Or if you're in a hurry it's held on by small nuts from behind. Remove the
glovebox door and you get access to some. Remove the instrument cluster
( http://articles.mbz.org/instrument/renew/ ) to get some more then remove the
center console (where the heat controls are) to get the rest.

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