[W126 Coupe] Headliner Heartache

[malcolm369 at comcast.net]

Hi Eddie,

You say your CDs aren't working? What is up with that, may I ask? Is it the MB interface you're using?

Cheers,  MBL



 
> I can't help you on the manual specified way though, as I can't get my disks
> to work at the moment.
> 
> Eddie
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com [mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com]
> On Behalf Of Frank Alderete
> Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 11:54 AM
> To: mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com
> Subject: [W126 Coupe] Headliner Heartache
> 
> I recently had my headliner replaced at a local upholstery shop who
> represented itself as being familiar with Mercedes.
> 
> In the process of installing the sliding roof panel they absolutely
> destroyed the transport rails and roof lift mechanism for the sunroof. They
> used a ten inch flat-head screwdriver to lift the sliding panel from the
> sunroof drive mechanism---over and over-- as I watched for more than two
> hours. I finally had to call an end to it, as I was ostensibly there to pick
> up the car and I had to be somewhere else. They suggested I take it to my
> mechanic and they would pay for him to install it properly.
> 
> When I got to the mechanics shop, he took one look at the skewed slider and
> said the sunroof transport had to be replaced and that the parts would cost
> $250. It was then I noticed dents on the roof, between the sunroof and the
> windshield edge, that I believe happened when the guy installing the
> headliner was going at it with the screwdriver..there were forearm prints
> all over the edge of the sunroof.
> 
> When I called the upholstery shop and told him about the dents, he adamantly
> denied doing it and demanded I bring the car back so he could see it.
> Oh...and one other thing, my right rear taillight had a hole in it and a
> scratch on the right rear flank of the SEC..So I take the car back, get a
> long story about  how he owns up to any damage that he and his employees
> inflict on a car and pretty much infers that I am trying to take advantage
> of the situation. He also says that since he is paying $2400 for all new
> headliner and a new sunroof panel from Mercedes (the only way he can get the
> original fabric) why would he not pay $100 for a tail light?
> 
> "Take me to court," he says, as he storms off.
> 
> I said I'm only pointing out  that his technique for removing the
> sunroof--that being the Big Screwdriver method--does not seem, given the
> results,  how it should be done..which brings this question: how does the MB
> manual say how to remove the transport mechanism from the sunroof?
> 
> Chet Hwilka, in a post about removing and reinstalling the headliner,
> suggested a 1-1/2 in putty knife, a flexible tool, not rigid. My mechanic
> used a soft, wedge shaped tool.
> 
> Frank.
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> -- 
> Frank Alderete
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