the original seat is "LEATHER DUDE" a couple of us enthuisiests here in Australia call it elephant scrotum. to your right is old MB TEX also elephant scrotum!!
Thanks for uploading this! In fact, my MB Tex was even worse than yours with larger tears and more of them, on both the bottom and back. It was either a feral raccoon or a toddler with a knife I'm sure. I'm keeping the heated seats so I have some additional work to extract and stitch back in the heating elements, but this gives me enough confidence to try.
+1 Wow! .. A timely post as I've begun fitting a drivers (base) seat leather on our '94 C124 Coupe. .. I'd found original OEM leather & components from an MB dealership in Greece via eBay. .. (First rate service by the way) .. The "Seat Repair" video takes a huge amount of guesswork out of the process. .. Many thanks! .. Vail, Colorado
@@paypal1229 Yes,,, I found the OEM Creme Beige leather (seat base) via an online MB dealership in Greece. .. OEM Neu packaged in a 1994 dated MB carton. .. When it arrived my expression was; "Well I'll be dipped in shite!" .. How ya like them apples. .. Cheers,
Hi! Can you help me with seat back lock? Both of my backrests are not fixed and recline in both directions without a button. the vacuum seems to be working, the tubes seem to be sealed, but there is no fixation. I didn’t take the seat apart much, I didn’t remove the trim from it, can you give me some advice?
Sounds like it may be disconnected from the motor - you’ll have to pull it apart to see what is actually going on. If the back lock function was the only part failing, it would fold forward but not backwards not recline
@@AutoAfflicted thank you! where is the motor located? Under the skin? In general, do you recommend removing the seat trim and looking at what's inside? someone told me that it was possible to do something like artificially inject into the system to see how the mechanism works.
Got it done yesterday. It took me the better part of the day. I used an old batter to touch to motor contacts to move the seat back and forth on tracks. Looks greats thanks again.
Hi 👋🏽 as you can see in the video, I purchased a set of sedan seat and moved the skins over. There are company’s that make reproductions skins for $400-900 or more and I’ve heard of people finding skins at MB dealers in the EU . Best of luck on your journey
the original seat is "LEATHER DUDE" a couple of us enthuisiests here in Australia call it elephant scrotum. to your right is old MB TEX also elephant scrotum!!
You are correct, sir I have replaced leather elephants scrotum with synthetic elephant scrotum, and it feels great
Very informative video! Just in case anyone is interested the material in doubt is not horse hair but coconut fibers.
That’s interesting, makes sense seeing how robust the material is
Thanks for uploading this! In fact, my MB Tex was even worse than yours with larger tears and more of them, on both the bottom and back. It was either a feral raccoon or a toddler with a knife I'm sure. I'm keeping the heated seats so I have some additional work to extract and stitch back in the heating elements, but this gives me enough confidence to try.
Yes! Glad it gave you confidence, if you can avoid feral raccoons 🦝 all will be smooth
+1 Wow! .. A timely post as I've begun fitting a drivers (base) seat leather on our '94 C124 Coupe. .. I'd found original OEM leather & components from an MB dealership in Greece via eBay. .. (First rate service by the way) .. The "Seat Repair" video takes a huge amount of guesswork out of the process. .. Many thanks! .. Vail, Colorado
Wish could have found a leather solution, Glad it was informative! Vail was my snowboard bum home from 93-98
You found the replacement leather for it?
I replaced with MB Tex. I did find leather replacements but the cost wasn’t reasonable
@@paypal1229 Yes,,, I found the OEM Creme Beige leather (seat base) via an online MB dealership in Greece. .. OEM Neu packaged in a 1994 dated MB carton. .. When it arrived my expression was; "Well I'll be dipped in shite!" .. How ya like them apples. .. Cheers,
Hi! Can you help me with seat back lock? Both of my backrests are not fixed and recline in both directions without a button. the vacuum seems to be working, the tubes seem to be sealed, but there is no fixation. I didn’t take the seat apart much, I didn’t remove the trim from it, can you give me some advice?
Sounds like it may be disconnected from the motor - you’ll have to pull it apart to see what is actually going on. If the back lock function was the only part failing, it would fold forward but not backwards not recline
@@AutoAfflicted thank you! where is the motor located? Under the skin? In general, do you recommend removing the seat trim and looking at what's inside? someone told me that it was possible to do something like artificially inject into the system to see how the mechanism works.
You may be able to see what going just by removing the plastic trim. Is it lifting at the front of the seat? Perhaps some screw came out of the frame?
@@AutoAfflicted hmmm… idk it seemed to be lifting . I have manual seats.
Take the back panel off a see what’s going on inside. That’s easy and should reveal much
So very helpful. I have a donor but the connections are different so I can't just pop it in like I would like. You are a good teacher.
Thank you very much 🙏🏼
Got it done yesterday. It took me the better part of the day. I used an old batter to touch to motor contacts to move the seat back and forth on tracks. Looks greats thanks again.
I should mention that this instruction worked on my 1995 E320.
Nice! I’m glad it work out!
Dang! I've never seen an MB-Tex seat that actually failed in such spectacular fashion.
Same! This car sat in the Bay Area for 8 years, likely going through tons of heat and moisture cycles - glad to have some soft MB-Tex installed now
thats because its not mbtex!! its quality mercedes leather!!
Thank you so much for the explanation. It helped me a lot!! Greetings from Argentina.
Awesome 🙏🏼 I’m glad you found the episode useful! And greetings !
are you sure the old ones were really mbtex?? the pattern almost looked like leather type
I think it was leather, I had thought not just by how it was split and looked like composite material
Really helpful video
hello where did you buy the skins?
Hi 👋🏽 as you can see in the video, I purchased a set of sedan seat and moved the skins over. There are company’s that make reproductions skins for $400-900 or more and I’ve heard of people finding skins at MB dealers in the EU . Best of luck on your journey
looks good
Feels good🇩🇪
this is great! thnx! :))
Glad to be of service
what is this beautifuls w124 color code?
I’ll check the code next time I’m near it
It’s MB-199 Black Pearl Metallic
199 is Blue Black metallic
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