6.3

I wonder if you could kindly help, or point me in the right direction?

I'm looking for new (or good condition used) left and right hand rear quarter light window seals for my 6.3 300SEL, which are the same as a 108.

The part numbers are 108 735 0324 (LHS) and 108 735 0424 (RHS).

M-B Germany and none of the dealers in the USA or Europe seem to have any.

I'd be most grateful for any ideas or pointers you may have.

Many thanks ~ Nick.

VIN 3237.
Paint 387 blue metallic.

Nick, these haven't been available for many many years now, and any new old stock seals will be a risk due to their age. It irks me to no end that Mercedes offers every rubber seal for a W108/W109 car, but not the rear door quarter windows. It makes absolutely no sense.

I recently parted out/scrapped out a 6.3, and I've sent the whole rear door quarter window assemblies with seals to a friend in Europe to have replication seals made. It'll likely be several months before anything worth mentioning is available, as trial fitments will be necessary. Just hold tight for a while.

Aaron,

Let me know when you get those seals so I can send people to you for them.

Tom Hanson
Supervisor, Parts Sales
MB Classic Center USA
949 598-4842 direct
thomas.hanson@mbusa.com
ex - 1970 6.3 #4045

When they pass the fitment tests with flying colors I certainly will. :)

I believe Andreas Reinacher at www.dbdepot.de has them.

He also has new replacement vacuum actuator diaphragms (both sizes)

Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Niederheimbach, Germany
300SEL 6.3
E55K AMG
CLK63 AMG Gone
Ferrari 400GTC4
ML400CDI BiTurbo
ML350 CDI BT
9146GT

I can't imagine they have. Otherwise there wouldn't be such a demand. Also, we have no way of knowing for sure, as they don't list any parts on their website. Sending messages only results in no response, so I can't imagine they're too serious about selling anything.

See item 25 :

http://www.dbdepot.de/index.php?nav=4&lan=1&

Choose W108/109
Choose Beleuchtung

Item 25 : 70 Euro for each side Left = Nr 28226 right = Nr 282261 .

Confusion reigns. Not sure why Nick put "light" in his description. I just call it the rear quarter window. As Aaron said, for reasons that they have not shared, M-B continue to supply all or most of the rubber seals for the 108/9, but stopped supplying this particular rubber about 10 years ago. It is part 56 in the attached Table 37
Nick's part numbers are/were correct.





Art

Oeps, I have understood it completly wrong, sorry guys ...

I remember back in the summer of 1989, my 69 280SE was broken into in Manhattan while I was eating dinner after seeing Phantom of the Opera. They got into the car by breaking the right rear quarter glass, they also tore the rubber seal when they pried the glass out. I remember back in those days when I thought it was ridiculous that the glass from MB was only around $50 and the rubber seal was around $150. I ended up getting a used glass and rubber from a place up in Irvington, NY, called Autobahn Recycling, IIRC. Anyone remember them? Funny how this discussion triggered my long term memory...I have had this Mercedes disease a long time I guess.

Chris

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Originally posted by Aaron H

I can't imagine they have. Otherwise there wouldn't be such a demand. Also, we have no way of knowing for sure, as they don't list any parts on their website. Sending messages only results in no response, so I can't imagine they're too serious about selling anything.

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I've been doing business with Andreas for more than 13 years. Call him. If you don't speak German, not to worry, he speaks perfect English. He has many items not listed on the site, but he does list the 1/4 window seals w/o pricing.

Item 16. 26719 Dichtung Dreiecksfenster hinten links & 267191 Dichtung Dreiecksfenster hinten rechts


Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Niederheimbach, Germany
300SEL 6.3
E55K AMG
CLK63 AMG Gone
Ferrari 400GTC4
ML400CDI BiTurbo
ML350 CDI BT
9146GT

AG, my commentary still holds. I get no responses via email, and no one ever answers the phone or returns a voice mail. The seals in question I still cannot find on the website, either.

Update. Molds are currently being made and tooling set up for the rear quarter window seals. Should be a couple of months from now before they're available. FYI, the price for each seal will be around $130, so don't be upset about it. Having molds and tooling set up is horridly expensive.

Aaron, that's probably not that far off what the original price from MB would be if they were still available. I seem to remember them being around $100US back in late 80's.

Chris

Chris, if they were around $100 in the late 1980's, then by using inflation calculator, they'd roughly cost $209 now in 2017. Based on that, I don't think $130-$140 for a new one would be unreasonable.

I'm also having reproduction rubber boots made for the D-Jetronic W108/W109, W116, and R-107 cars. These will include the rubber boots for all the electrical plugs.....injectors, MPS, throttle potentiomoeter, cold starting valve, intake air temperature sensor, pulse generator points, coolant temperature sensor, and the big one for the ECU (W108/W109 cars only).

I found out yesterday that the rubber boot for the thermo time switches on the 6.3 is no longer available. Since I still have a new one, I'm going to have some of those made, too.

In addition, I'm also having reproductions made of the plastic liners that lie at the edges of the trunk where the tail light wire harnesses run underneath of. I realize that there were metal and plastic ones, and that the early cars would have had metal ones, but the metal ones usually survive the test of time. The plastic ones don't, so it's the plastic ones that will be reproduced.

Everything that is being reproduced will be exact....meaning all the numbers, letters etc.

I also need to have some 6.9 valve cover gaskets made. Do any of you have some old ones that are in tact that I can replicate?

I would be interested in the d-jet plug boots. Many of them are still available from MB (well at least that was the case last time I ordered in late 2016), but the prices were absurd.

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116.036 - trusty rusty
116.036 - Rooikat
116.024 - the merc
116.028 - Penelope
116.032 - Esmeralda
126.037 - Scheckter
126.037
107.046

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S-Class, yes, the prices are absurd, AND the boots are no longer the original style. They send you a boot that looks nothing like the original.

I'm interested in Djet boots too ,injector,TPS,MAP etc boots are all needed.

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12-14-2004, 11:49 PM #8
Tom Hanson
MBCA Member

What the heck, try to stuff a MB 6.9 liter V8 in it. What a machine that would be..
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Orange County Section

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Ron, we already have the boots for the intake air temperature sensor and possibly the coolant temperature sensor. I'm still trying to determine of the CTS had the same boot as the IATS. I'm thinking they weren't the same since one is round and the other is rectangular.

to S-Class in South Africa, I still have one left valve cover gasket in stock. Only one.

Tom Hanson
Supervisor, Parts Sales
MB Classic Center USA
949 598-4842 direct
thomas.hanson@mbusa.com
ex - 1970 6.3 #4045

Ok fellas. The rear door quarter window seals are ready to be made, sold, and distributed. I need a rough count on who/how many want a pair. And Tom Hansen, do you have any idea as to how many peopls you know that want a pair, or how many pairs the Classic Center would want?

Hi Aaron I'll take a pair.

Cheers
Martin

300SEL 6.3 #6481
560SEL #435064 300HP Full hydro suspension
300SEL M189 #1296
CL55 AMG

Aaron,

Did you have these seals made?