kobob

I need to find a precious jewel that fell under my seat

Plutoe

Go to MB Startek WIS!

next2pool

Darn--I hope you can get her out !

Rudeney

Removing the seat is easy - move it all the way forward, then remove the two rear bolts, then all the way back, remove the front bolts, then move it halfway to remove (unplugging electrical connectors as needed). There are "external" Torx bolts, so make sure you have the right tools.

moretech

Very useful info. Every day my knowledge base expands thanks to the forum.

moretech

marko69

If you have multi contour seats you'll also have to disconnect the air line at the front left of seat. These sucka's are very heavy. I can just barely lift them out on my own.

Rudeney

Wimp!


Seriously, you are right - the seats are heavy, so be careful, and maybe get a helper to keep from damaging things.

pfarah77

Thanks for the seat removal tip Rodney; it's on my list of things to do this summer as I want to shampoo the entire interior.

Rudeney

Yep, a good cleaning is on my list, too. And what I'd love to do is somehow upgrade the fans for the ventilated seats. MBZ ventilated seats are just wimpy, almost useless. My wife's Jeep Grand Cherokee has excellent ventilated seats - you can almost float an air hockey puck on them.

pfarah77

I would also love to replace those fans. Is there a doable replacement?

alk247

By any chance, do you remember/know this e-torx size? My set does not go that big, so I need to buy a bigger socket bigger, hopefully not the whole new set.

Thanks.

Rudeney

I have no idea if the fans can be replaced or improved, but I do intend to check it out sometime soon!

The bolt size is a T55.

marko69

I'll be doing a fan upgrade soon, there's a lot of useful info on this thread.

https://mbworld.org/forums/w211-amg/...seat-fans.html

alk247

For those, like me, not very familiar with Torx standard, T55 bolt requires E12 socket. Go figure.

Rudeney

That's EXACTLY what i want to do! Thanks for showing me that thread.

Rudeney

My T-Torx sockets are not labeled for size, so I just took the one that fit the bolt and mated it to a Torx bit to get the T55 size. I do recall now that E-Torx uses different sizing.

I like the Crafstman Max Axess sockets as they fit "everything" and can be used in tight spaces:

http://www.sears.com/craftsman-58pc-...2&blockType=G2

Nosmo SL55

This is something I'd like to do also. I've read through that thread and another that is linked within that thread too.

The back of seat fans look reasonably straight forward, however it appears that nobody has been game enough to tackle the fans in the bottom seat cushion yet.

Rodney, I reckon you're the right bloke to lead the way!

Heatwave

Question for you veterans of R230 seat removals: are the pneumatic hoses readily accessible once the seats are removed?

Reason I ask: my pneumatic seat bolsters don't work. I know the pump is good, so I'm suspecting a break in the hoses and/or the couplings. It's no big deal ... I don't like seat bolsters ... but if they should work then they should work. I'm in no hurry to work on removing the seats unless I find a reasonable likelihood my work will lead to remedies for the pneumatic bolsters. And I'm not trying to hijack this thread.

marko69

Checkout my post here. I had a break in the air line under the seat. From searching, looks like others have had a break in the same spot.

https://mbworld.org/forums/sl-class-...unk-fixed.html