[W126 Coupe] Vacuum Seat Locking

[L&D gardner]

Hi Folks
Thought I would share my experiences with this problem,first off many thanks to all the people who freely gave advise.
The seat rail caps,which in my car proved extremely difficult to remove without damage can be removed with a pair of thin steel blades which I fabricated with a 10 degree bend 1/4” from the end.I used a Mityvac on the line 

from the seat lock and found I needed a minimum of at least 22HG of vacuum before the seat would lock.

For the springs holding  the front material cover I used an old bicycle wheel spoke and bent the threaded end into a loop for gripping in the hand while the  hooked end slid under the seat ,which located the small end of the spring perfectly.Also the fact that the car had tailor made fitted sheepskins didn't exactly help the repair process either, I could have removed them but refitting them would have been a pain too.

On the subject of “Old list members” I have been subscribing  for roughly 10 years  and while I would have liked to contribute more, lack of knowledge and expertise with these cars prevents me from doing so,but  I find I am learning new things from the list every day,in fact owning one of these cars without the list for someone like me in a fairly remote location would be a scary proposition.

                                                                                                                   Kind Regards Dan Gardner  1986 560 SEC  Euro (220kw)

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