[W126 Coupe] Console Rubber

[Iain Gunn]

Why can't you take a old one and make a mound from it and then make a batch same way that body moulding and prosthesis are made? This pourable rubber and silicone stuff is cheap.
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  From: Shayegan, Richard 
  To: Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists 
  Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 8:22 PM
  Subject: RE: [W126 Coupe] Console Rubber


  What about having somebody run a batch of new rubber surrounds? I bet with $400 you could get someone to make 1000 of them, and then sell them to list members for $1.39 (.39 for the new 1st class standard shipping rate). I'm sure there are list members who know people who own metal fabrication shops.how about a rubber fabrication shop?




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  From: mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com [mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com] On Behalf Of Jonathan Hodgman
  Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 8:11 PM
  To: Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists
  Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Console Rubber



  This part has been NLA for a LONG time..  The 6/89 and later have the hard plastic insert that takes the place of the rubber..  The hole on the later pieces of wood is a Good bit bigger then the earlier style and I doubt if the plastic would look/fit well no matter the modification.

  There is no simple/satisfactory way to handle this other then purchasing new wood.

  Jonathan



  On 11/15/05, Dick Spellman <spell.yy at verizon.net> wrote:

  If the only way MB sells the rubber surround insert for the console shift gate is attached to a $400 piece of veneer, you may want to try and measure the overall cut-out size and compare this to the 126 later year sedans.  The sedans use a plastic surround with four pressure slots that fit between console wood and shift gate enclosure.  What's more this plastic rim sort of folds over onto the surface of the console wood where the original rubber flushes up to the wood's edge and sits more on the shift gate.



  If the measurements are close you could just try cutting off the pressure tabs and see if it will sit in place with a dab or two of black silicon.  'If it does not fit you must errrquit' and figure out another solution.  I figure this may be worth a try.  I'll do a test fit of the sedan plastic on my coupe when I get a chance the end of the week.



  Dick


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