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G4Garret
Veteran
Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: Oak Ridge - Knoxville - Windrock Tennessee
Vehicle(s): 2000 G500, U1100, SLK350, LR 101, WC-63 6x6
Posts: 243
| WANTED: 463 Center Console
I'm looking for a center console for a 463. I really just need the main panel that the HVAC controls, radio and accessory buttons are in. Pretty much any condition or completeness, as long as the basic panel is there.
Anyone know of any 463's being parted out?
Thanks,
Garret
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ewalberg
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Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: Past: San Francisco. Present: Germany
Vehicle(s): 2000 g500
Posts: 1887
| RE: WANTED: 463 Center Console
what the heck happened to yours? oh, you had something aftermarket installed didn't you... |
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G4Garret
Veteran
Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: Oak Ridge - Knoxville - Windrock Tennessee
Vehicle(s): 2000 G500, U1100, SLK350, LR 101, WC-63 6x6
Posts: 243
| RE: WANTED: 463 Center Console
Mine's fine. In fact that's the problem. It's perfect and I dont' want to ruin it. I'm determined to install something in there, an LCD touch screen. To do it I'm going to make a custom panel. Basically I would like something less valuable to experiment with. And yes, the G did come with something custom installed, an Alpine Navigation system, but it was below the main console in the trinket tray in front of the main gear shift. No big impact other than the poor quality of the installation, but I ripped it out over the weekend anyway, as I did my 48 hour exploratory surgey. Wow! what a job it is taking the G dashboard apart! Erno Rubik would be proud. 
Garret
Edited by G4Garret 7/26/2006 11:40 PM
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AlanMcR
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Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: US, CA, Los Altos
Vehicle(s): G300DT E300DT 230SL
Posts: 3500
| Rubik console
Do yourself a favor and cut the long horizontal wood strip right behind the steering wheel where the screw it. The cut is nearly invisible and affords quicker repairs later. If you glue in the small black phillips screw into it's hole it does a great job of centering the strip ends. |
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DesertStar
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Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: San Diego, CA USA
Vehicle(s): 85-280GE/95-G320/08-G500
Posts: 2156
| RE: WANTED: 463 Center Console
Garret, there was a guy advertised in the clubgwagen site from Sanger,CA that was parting out a G500. The ad has been there awhile.
http://www.clubgwagen.com/classifieds/adsP.php?sid=home&pageTitle=a...
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G4Garret
Veteran
Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: Oak Ridge - Knoxville - Windrock Tennessee
Vehicle(s): 2000 G500, U1100, SLK350, LR 101, WC-63 6x6
Posts: 243
| RE: WANTED: 463 Center Console
Thanks for the advice and leads. The email address on the clubwagen advertisment bounces. Anyone know who this is with the G500? or what year it is? As for that dastardly wood strip, yep, it definitely gets cut. Geez what a crazy design. Oh, does anyone happen to know the correct spline driver size and type for the steering wheel airbag assembly? a T25 is too loose, T27 too large. T26 would seem logical, but I don't have one to try.
Garret
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fourbyfourclub
Extreme Veteran
Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: New Jersey, USA
Vehicle(s): 300G
Posts: 302
| RE: WANTED: 463 Center Console
Oh, does anyone happen to know the correct spline driver size and type for the steering wheel airbag assembly? a T25 is too loose, T27 too large.
T27 is a right size |
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DUTCH
Administrator Doppelgänger
Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: US, GA, Atlanta
Vehicle(s): 2015 Audi Q7 3.0 TDI,2018 Sprinter
Posts: 9963
| T27 - Special MB Tool
G4Garret - 7/28/2006 6:43 PM
Oh, does anyone happen to know the correct spline driver size and type for the steering wheel airbag assembly? a T25 is too loose, T27 too large. T26 would seem logical, but I don't have one to try.
Garret
It's a T27 for sure with a very long (70 mm) shaft. MB has a special tool number: W126.589.00.10.00. I paid US$15 for it, including shipping. You need that very long shaft to get up in there to reach the fastener.
Warning! Make sure your tool is clean and sharp; and that you seat it well - perhaps with a bith of hammer tapping - before turning it. The fasteners are in there with blue Loctite. My mechanic stripped one fastener "slot" on his first try; and we really had to work carefully to finally break it loose. They are in there very tight! |
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G4Garret
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Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: Oak Ridge - Knoxville - Windrock Tennessee
Vehicle(s): 2000 G500, U1100, SLK350, LR 101, WC-63 6x6
Posts: 243
| RE: T27 - Special MB Tool
I couldn't get my long T27 to seat, It was a little too long, and I probably didn't have it in good and square. The screws on mine is very tight also, I suspected it had a threadlocker compound on it, that's why I wasn't about to try it with a T25. I figure I bugger up those screws and I'm in big trouble! For $15, I'll definitely get the tool. I managed to get the center console loose just fine without completely removing the wood strip, however I'll have to take it off many more times, so best to get that strip split in two.
Thanks!
Garret
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G4Garret
Veteran
Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: Oak Ridge - Knoxville - Windrock Tennessee
Vehicle(s): 2000 G500, U1100, SLK350, LR 101, WC-63 6x6
Posts: 243
| Re: WANTED: 463 Center Console
Mine appears to be walnut burl. Not worried about the wood though, just need the plastic panel underneath. Working through alternatives at the moment, may just mill out a couplete new panel. Kinda crazy, but whatever it takes!
Garret
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