How to remove Sliding Door and Door Step on a Mercedes Sprinter plus Fix | Van Conversion Episode #5
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ม.ค. 2021
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We're Desiree and Fabio and together with our dog "Socke" we're converting a Mercedes Sprinter Cargo Van into a beautiful tiny home on wheels for full time living! We're currently living in the north of Germany and we're more than ready to discover the world!
In todays video we share some tipps and tricks with you on how to remove the Sliding Door and the Door Step from your Mercedes Sprinter! When we were looking for Videos on how to take off the Sliding Door and the Door Step we couldn't find one that shared all the details. So here we go! We hope that this will help you if you need to remove the door and the step! We also show you on how to fix big and bad rust spots and of course how to put everything back together!
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8:02 use hot-glue and a multiple small dowel stick to pop those screw covers off. The hot glue only needs to harden just enough to pop those out. And clean the hot-glue off those covers right away when still somewhat soft. Glue a stick to each cover, pop all of them out, clean the glue off.
it’s getting very professional, I love it!
Haha thanks 🙏🏽 We’re trying to improve our skills every time!
Thanks for the helpful video. Viewers, here are some details about releasing the door from its cables and the tracks. Follow at your own risk.
Before removing the sliding door, detach both a wiring harness and a cable from the inside of the door. To detach the cable, follow it to a little black box near the middle of the door, measuring roughly 1/2"x1"x4" Notice two small plastic nubs that serve as a hinge on one end. On the opposite end, "pick" two little latches to open the box. Opening the "box" reveals a plastic "neck". Disconnect the "neck", then unseat the (main) cable. Now disconnect the bottom of the door panel from its mounting hardware (3 screws) so you can fish the wires and cable out of the door panel. Watch your fingers while removing those screws--the door will shift as it adjusts to be hanging by only two rollers.
Soon we'll roll the door off the upper track, then off the middle track. Have two chairs handy to rest the front and back end of the door on.
We'll be releasing the door at the upper track next, but first, lets take care of some things on the middle track so that we don't have surprises. Remove the plastic cap at the end of the middle roller track so that we don't have to fuss with it later. We don't want the door to roll off the middle track unexpectedly while this cap is removed, so dangle a large nail through two holes at the end of the track to serve as a temporary roller stopper.
To release the door from the upper track, slide the door to its normal fully open position where the door's two rubber bumpers butt up against the body of the van. Detach both bumpers, being careful that the door doesn't roll off the upper track prematurely after their removal (think slope). Place a chair under the front of the door, hold the weight of the door, roll the door off the upper track, and lower the weight of the front end onto the chair. Have an assistant keep the door balanced upright as it sits on the chair. We don't want to lower the front end to the ground yet since it would twist the rollers that are still in the middle track at the back of the door.
Go to the back of the door, place a chair under it in anticipation of setting the door on it. Remove your temporary stopper nail from the middle track. With your assistant, coordinate sliding the door off the back of the middle rail while making sure it rests on both chairs when done.
Thank you , you beautiful people helping us out x
Ich glaube ihr seid meine Rettung 😍😍😍 speriamo bene 👍🏻 ich sage Bescheid
Thanks for making the video. I wish you had shown a little bit more about taking off and putting back the cable for the door handle to release the door. Must have been an issue since you didn't talk much about it.
I've seen you working hard guys! Well done! Cannot wait to see the end :)
Thanks a lot buddy. We can’t wait too eheh 🙏🏽😁
I'll need to change the cableset and slider of my door and this helped me big time for the preperation! Keep up the detailed work 👌 Greets from Hamburg
Thank you so much for your comment :) and good luck with changing the parts! Greetings back from south of Hamburg 😁
You guys are great, I really want to compliment you on your work! it seems you have been doing it for a lifetime, you are super precise and super meticulous!
Thanks so much brother. We really appriciate your comment and the fact that you were able to see how much dedication we put into the conversion. We´ll keep up the good work so stay tuned ;)
Thanks for all of the key information on taking off the sliding door ❤️
You’re more then welcome 😊
Happy to help anytime 😁🤙🏽
@@MonteCartinos our silver VW Crafter basically in the same state as yours and we will take off the door tomorrow and start to remove the rust! Wish us luck!
Oh yeah, it’s a really common problem on these cars! We’ll cross the fingers and hope it’s not as bad as our door :D
It’s a really tedious job but with some time and sweat you can do it! 💪🏽
Thanks for the information, now I can break into my neighbours van. I'm sure he stole my toolbox and is hiding it in his van 😅 (Hi Des, it's Andre from Australia) 👋
Hahaha! Thanks for the comment! Hope you’re doing well!
sei un grande fabio!! non vedo l'ora di ribeccarsi tutti insiemeeee
Grazie mille Dani 😊🙏🏽 Anche io non vedo l’ora di poter fare una Reunion presto! Speriamo le cose migliorino in fretta 😁 much love bro 💚🤙🏽
@@MonteCartinos venitemi a trovare ad Amsterdam...e poi tutti a ibiza 🏖️🏖️🙏🙏💝💝
@@bogzani sound like a plan brother 😁🤙🏽
Hi ! Great video , but what was the point of the body sealant ? Thanks
Hey there, thanks a lot 😊
We used the body sealant to fill up the holes made buy the rust, create an even and smooth surface were to paint on and we also used to create channels for the water to flow on 😊
You never showed the hard part the cable at bottom
Are you glad to not have the sliding door? Or do you miss it ever? Thinking of removing mine as well!