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The seat belts have small knob-size 'stoppers' half way through the side bit, that prevents the buckle from sliding all the way down when the seat belt is not in use. This is so on most cars (i.e. not just on my W203), and it is quite useful because otherwsie the buckle slides down and can get caught between the seal and door preventing the door from closing properly.
I seem to have lost 3 out of 5 on my car - they just got separated and fell off. So I bought some new ones from MB (they are called 'fastners' on EPC), P/N A1298603169. They come as two black plastic parts, one small round bit (about 5p coin size) with a hole in the middle, and another same-size round bit with a sharp protruding plastic 'needle'.
I thought that the two bits will simply 'click' together when placed on either side of the belt, i.e. the plastic 'needle' pushed through the belt, and then the bit with the hole clips on the other side.
But it seems that some special tool is actually needed for that - because the needle is much thiner than the hole on the other bit, in fact it is so loose in the hole that the thing just falls off.
Looking at the two surviving 'stoppers' they seem to have a 'smudged' rounded head on the edge of the 'needle' - suggesting to me that the palstic 'needle' has being flatteneded and rounded-off by some special tool.
Small thing, I know, but still annoying - any ideas will be welcome....
Thanks!
I seem to have lost 3 out of 5 on my car - they just got separated and fell off. So I bought some new ones from MB (they are called 'fastners' on EPC), P/N A1298603169. They come as two black plastic parts, one small round bit (about 5p coin size) with a hole in the middle, and another same-size round bit with a sharp protruding plastic 'needle'.
I thought that the two bits will simply 'click' together when placed on either side of the belt, i.e. the plastic 'needle' pushed through the belt, and then the bit with the hole clips on the other side.
But it seems that some special tool is actually needed for that - because the needle is much thiner than the hole on the other bit, in fact it is so loose in the hole that the thing just falls off.
Looking at the two surviving 'stoppers' they seem to have a 'smudged' rounded head on the edge of the 'needle' - suggesting to me that the palstic 'needle' has being flatteneded and rounded-off by some special tool.
Small thing, I know, but still annoying - any ideas will be welcome....
Thanks!
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