Vehicle: 1982 300TDT 150,000 miles 1985 380SE 130,000 miles 1991 560SEL 81,000 miles (a/k/a the nightmare)
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 1,651
Thank you all... It looked like the previous mechanic (who knows, but it wasn't me) used some sort of grease on that pin... I cleaned it, then re installed. The door check strap was bought from the dealer... I'm in agreement... the aftermarket stuff might look nice price-wise, but it doesn't last.
the only lubrication required is on the internal mechanism of the check strap.
The retaining pin doesn't need any lube...no point.
talbir
Once agian you have been found wanting. If you really had the means to command a land yacht such as a W126 for more than just a wee-go-around you would know that the little pin SHOULD have SOME lube and if that little pin does not have some lube, it will rust and will be an unplesant eye sore each and every time you open the door.
Talbir you really are falling apart this week... Have you been drinking?
Vehicle: 1983 300 SD Black and Palimino, 1994 c280 (What can I say.)
Location: Raleighish, NC
Posts: 199
It seems to me that I read somewhere to use a drop of motor oil to lube the inside rail of the stap guide as a maintenance item.
There sure seem to be a lot of people that never got out of high school visiting here and getting banned, sort of takes away from some decient threads on keeping these old cars going. What a shame maybe someday they'll grow up or die.
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If the price of fuel keeps going up I will soon be riding a bicycle built for two with a sidecar for the kid.
Wow... Everyone here has been really helpful... I'm surprised to see a Chuck U Farley infiltrate the ranks...
The shame is - that guy really does seem to know a lot about and seemingly loves W126's, but he has a real attitude problem against Benzworld and anyone else who actually knows how Merc. innards work.
For someone so ANTI he still can't keep away from the place.
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