[MBZ] Seat repair again

Thu Jun 1 23:09:05 GMT 2006

What I meant by bolstering the sides is just to add some of the same padding material on the sides to sort of shape
it like the horsehair pad. I assume, looking at the horsehair pad that the sides and front were thicker than the
centre portion. I'm not looking to make modern Recaro seats out of the remains of my old seat.

Randy B

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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Seat repair again

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
>
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> [mailto:Mercedes-bounces at striplin.net]On Behalf Of andrew strasfogel
> Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 3:23 PM
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> 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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