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Photo DIY- Lumbar Support Bladder Change

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Posted 5/27/2009 11:16 PM

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Date registered: May 2006
Location: South Texas
Vehicle(s): '04 G55, '80 280GE, '99 S420, '98 E320, 2011 E350
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Photo DIY- Lumbar Support Bladder Change

In a quest to find the etiology of my trunk handle "mysteriously" Popping out overnight, I was questioning my wife about her car, and she mentions the Lumbar Support just happened to be out as well.

Hmmm.. so while investigating the lumbar support, I turn the lumbar selector to "ZERO", and... lo and behold the Trunk Handle works perfectly.

This tells me there must be a leak in the bladder.

Hooking up an air supply directly to the bladder inflow tube... I hear a "SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" coming OUT of the seat back.

As you can see, there was "quite" a hole in the 11 year old, BRITTLE bladder.

Please be advised, this post is NOT! the WIS specified procedure. WIS instructs you to take the seat out, and basically tear the thing apart...

Yes I normally am "by the book", but in this case, it looked safe enough to just keep the stiff Felt backing in-situ, and just remove the old bladder, and Slide in the new one.

It worked great, and took no time at all. The new bladder was $42.

So, here's a post that hopefully will help someone. In my search on the topic, there is NO info on "How To"...

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