R129 (SL500/300/320) Door disassembly pics

Hi All,

My '94 SL recently developed a groan when the driver's door was opened or closed (arrrgh!)... the cause: broken ear tangs on the door-check assembly. Rather than confront an expen$ive repair bill from MB, I decided to try tackling the problem myself (I was a gearhead in an early part of my life, but remain a thrifty Scotsman throughout my whole life :o)

Several postings could be found on the net which listed procedures for dissecting an R129 door (ouch!), but I could not find any that were illustrated (old farts like me need visuals to guide us! :o) I thought I'd put my own spin on it and took a few pics along the way so as to spare others the angst of muddling about if they are confronted with similar door-surgery (or speaker replacement, or...):

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Here's to helping each other save a few bucks and knuckles!

Paul

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Paul Hyndman
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Nicely done!

Juergen

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