W140, just found your forum.....

[bob strawson]

Hi, I'm Bob Strawson, I live in Devon, work in Hants, commute weekly in the S600 Coupe that I bought a few weeks ago. It's 1996, 60k miles, lots of things are not right but I have already fitted new discs, pads, tyres, serviced engine, (wow 10 litrs of v. expensive oil!) etc. I have been reading all through your Q&A's on this model with much interest. The niggly things that are left to do I can take my time over but will ask for help as I come to them. My first is the driver's belt extender. I need to remove the trim to get to it. Any one know how! thanks in advance. But what a fabulous car!

 

[guydewdney]

its actually quite easy, remove the leather slightly L shaped panel from the back panel - it just pops off (163 below)

behind this is two screws - remove

remove the chrome trim

remove rear seat base (two tags under seat front, just push together and lift front)

remove seat back - 10mm screw at base then lift up / slide up

remove small screw at bottom of panel securing it to the floor

then lift whole panel upwards - the top half is held to the frame with quite tight clips.



job jobbed.


heres a pic of the thing exploded

 

[bob strawson]

Trim Removal

Thanks for your very quick and expert reply. Could I also ask you if you wouldn't mind letting me know your source for the diagram you enclosed as I will certainly need to obtain workshop manuals, etc. I found something on CD in the USA but it was for the S500. Do you know of anything on the V12? many thanks again in advance.

 

[guydewdney]

i have a copy of the US epc - so my CL420 is not listed, but your CL600 or S 600 coupe (same thing...) is.

the only real difference is that its LHD!

I know of the 600 - and I'm scared by the idea of working on it.

Have you seen Jiims site? its for the 500, but much is similar.

http://pages.prodigy.net/jforgione/MB_S500.html

also see
http://forums.mbworld.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=953fac30fbba5b10323688ccc508caff&forumid=29

http://www.mbnz.org/forums/forums/forum-view.asp?fid=13

http://mbclub.co.uk/forums/index.php?

 

[bob strawson]

guydewdney

Thanks for the info and links. I have now followed up and I'm about to order a gadget for reading the diagnostics. I'll probably end up in trouble, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing!

The other web sites were interesting too.