[W126 Coupe] Window switch on console

[Dick Spellman]

Hi Lou:

Those individual switches on the 90 MB's snap in place from under the 
console wood.  It may have been depressed a bit hard on one occasion and 
simply dropped down in there a bit.  You'll need to do the typical 
center console wood removal process to access that switch from the rear 
of the wood and underneath and simply push it back in place.

Console wood removal requires ashtray insert removal, ashtray drawer 
removal (2 screws where the tray insert was) then coin tray or switch 
box removal lifts forward a bit then up once the ash tray drawer is 
clear, then lift and remove the plastic trim bezel around the shift gate 
(pressure fit at 4 corners to the sides, careful not to snap the legs 
when lifting out) then it's slide the wood console forward a 1/2 inch or 
so to free up the front and center clips so that the wood can be lifted 
upward.  Since you only need to access that one dropped switch, lift the 
rear of the wood clear leaving all the wiring harnesses attached and 
just press that one switch casing back in there with one or two well 
positioned fingers.  You won't be able to see much where the clearance 
will be fairly tight.  So long as the switch pops back in place and 
feels firm you should be all set.  Then re-install the whole affair..

That should work, I think.

Dick

Louis Miller wrote:

>

> One of the window activating toggle control switches on the center 

> console of my 1990 560SEC (the switch for the left rear window, to be 

> precise) has become loose. (I.e. when I attempt to make the window go 

> up or down, the switch depresses into the console instead of 

> activating the motor.) The rear interior switch by the window itself 

> in the back seat works fine, as does the window motor itself.

>  

> I assume there is a support frame under the console that has bent or 

> broken and needs repair or replacement..

>  

> How do I get into the console to make a repair? Is it fairly easy, or 

> should I take it to an interior shop? My interior right now, except 

> for the switch, is immaculate, and I don't really want to do anything 

> to change that.

>  

> Thanks.

>  

> Lou Miller 

>  

>  

> Louis Miller

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