[MBZ] Seat repair again

[Sunil Hari]

Any upholstery shop should be able to fix MB-Tex passably well.  Also, I
don't recommend side bolstering - the MB-Tex has acquired a certain shape
after 30 years.  To try and change that is inviting tears and general
disaster.

On 6/1/06, R A Bennell <blc at mts.net> wrote:
>
> No, they are not all that expensive, if I recall. I just wondered if I
> could actually improve it with modern stuff.
> I'm also in the situation where I will ultimately need to replace the seat
> upholstery as there is already one small
> hole in the MB Tex from the spring rubbing where the horsehair had
> disintigrated. I am reluctant to change the
> upholstery for fear the color won't quite match and am prepared to live
> with the fairly minor damage for now. If
> and when I do that, I will think harder about putting the original style
> horsehair back in. Momentarily, I am just
> trying to make the driver's seat more comfortable and not do it any more
> harm. I'm not a radical but I am not a
> purist. I don't object to changes if they are equal or better than the
> original and don't make it look silly.
>
> Randy B
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mercedes-bounces at striplin.net
> [mailto:Mercedes-bounces at striplin.net]On Behalf Of andrew strasfogel
> Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 3:23 PM
> To: Mercedes Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Seat repair again
>
>
> Randy, what's wrong with ordering an OEM pad from Rusty?  Are they that
> expensive?  Yours is a great looking W115 300D so why do something
> un-original when fixing it?
>
> On 6/1/06, l02turner at comcast.net <l02turner at comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > Randy,
> >    One thing to keep in mind - When you are assembling things - make
> sure
> > you include additional padding on each side of the seat - you want your
> > butt
> > to be *cradled* in the middle of the seat - else you'll be sliding back
> > and
> > forth.  The tendency to make the surface close to flat will result in an
> > uncomfortable seating position -
> >
> > Good luck -
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Larry T ('74 911, '67 MGB, 91 300D Turbo, 78 240D)
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> > From: "R A Bennell" <blc at mts.net>
> > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <Mercedes at striplin.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 12:57 PM
> > Subject: [MBZ] Seat repair again
> >
> >
> > >I finally hauled the driver's seat out of my 76 300D last night and
> > >partially dismantled it. The spring base seems
> > > intact but has quite a bit of surface rust on it. I assume it had no
> > paint
> > > of any sort from the factory and this is
> > > just the result of 30 year's exposure to humidity etc. Horsehair pad
> is
> > > toast of course which was the reason for
> > > looking into this issue. I have decided not to obtain a new horsehair
> > pad
> > > and am going the "new" route.  My thought
> > > was to use a piece of carpet to insulate the new replacement padding
> > stuff
> > > that I picked up at Wally Mart. Can't
> > > recall the name but there was mention of a writeup about seat repair
> on
> > > here a while back and that fibrous plasticy
> > > stuff is what the fellow used. I am now thinking I may find some sort
> of
> > > light canvas type material and use it to
> > > wrap over the piece of carpet to hold it in place and to permit me to
> > use
> > > a spray adhesive to hold the fibrous
> > > stuff in place. In the writeup the fellow used pool noodles cut down
> to
> > > bolster the sides. I'm thinking that the
> > > fibrous stuff should be  sufficient if I glue some more onto the sides
> > of
> > > the larger piece to provide the amount of
> > > bolster needed. There does not seem to be much bolster in the original
> > > horsehair padding. I have not yet decided
> > > whether I should try to stuff pool noodle material into the spring
> base.
> > > It actually seems to be keeping my rear
> > > off of the floor as it is and I don't want to make the seat too hard
> or
> > to
> > > high as the steering wheel will become
> > > more difficult to slide under.
> > > So, any comment from those that have done this?
> > >
> > > Randy B
> > >
> > >
> > >
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