Mercedes W116 Windshield Removal & Replacement

Removal and installation of front windshield on a Mercedes Benz 280SE

[@camgreer]

Love the 'super accuracy' note: to within 5 millionths, give or take one inch! Well done.

[@ismailcigerli3456]

One of the most interesting and informative videos I have seen in a while

[@mattadrev471]

YOU ARE GOD FOR POSTING THIS VIDEO - so many people thank you!!!

[@MUNROMOTORS]

my son and are are restoring a w114 - thanks for posting - all the way from nthn NSW Australia!

[@driveclassics1]

Old school is the best school, you are the master! God bless.

[@karimmorsli9417]

Thank you for taking the time to demonstrate how to do a proper job of this type of windshield. I have a w109 and I think there are many similarities. Glad you immortalized this method. It's one thing to read how it's done, it's a completely different thing to do it!

[@veronicar4989]

Wholly cats! when you started singing God Bless America, you sounded just like Lee Marvin! God bless you and God Bless America!

[@TheMervK]

Excellent demonstration Ken Blake, You're a 1st class instructor. Excellent. Thank You

[@ronc3288]

I'm an old time glass fitter, I used to fit these type of screens everyday. Your fitting was ok but long winded. Chromes were fitted using the "thumbing " technique which was quick and accurate. Sealant was applied, inside and out, prior to refit. I could remove, clean off, reassemble and refit, on my own in approx. 35-40 minutes

[@THIRSTYGUMS]

How did you do sealant

[@ronc3288]

@@THIRSTYGUMS - 1 - with clean glass and rubber fit rubber onto glass - 2 seal glass to rubber on outer face of glass, scrape off excess. 3 fit chromes to rubber - 4 turn screen over, fit " pull in string" allowing a 2" overlap. 5. Apply outer sealant to rubber . 5 smear lipping edge of rubber with washing up liquid to aid fitment. 6. offer up assembled unit to frame, taking care to centre it side to side and top to bottom. &. Pull in the screen evenly. DO NOT HIT THE GLASS IN FRONT OF THE PULL IN POSITION OF THE STRING. Use a slapping action to apply pressure, spreading the load over all of the hand . A leather glove would be handy.

[@THIRSTYGUMS]

@@ronc3288 thanks! I did this today! Went ok

[@belisioglipet4655]

Post a video of your technique

[@ronaldcharlton9803]

@@belisioglipet4655 Hi There, I am now retired, learning how to hit a golf ball.

[@eron.amorim]

Thank you so much! You just save my life. I have an 67' W111 1966, and will carry out the same. Hugs from Brazil!

[@cipherthedemonlord8057]

This is exactly what I needed thank you. Got a 76 280C I'm working on.

[@bjornaltmann8184]

Great explanation, super hints and tricks and very well done! If someone cannot confirming me, having watched this Video, I will not allow him to touch my window! :-) Regards from Germany.

[@massimodenovellis9721]

Fantastic !! Thank you so much for sharing this. And thanks to all the people that helped. I am going to try this out myself.

[@williammorgan5125]

Love you man!!! You saved me a ton of money...BLESS YOU BRO !!!

[@lewdards1127]

great video, cheers. love the classy jazz too !

[@scottbuchanan6722]

This is fantastic! I've not yet found a shop that has correctly replaced the windshields in any W116s I've owned. One shop spent over two hours trying and ended up bleeding from poking each other with pick tools trying to get the lip of the seal over the pinch weld. But then they left chunks of the old seal still attached to the pinch weld and said it was fine to leave them on there as "rubber compresses". There was a big gap at the top and rain water would pour in. Then I went to Safelite, and even though I provided a new seal from the Mercedes dealership, after going back 5 times, they still could not get it to not leak no matter how much caulking they put in the gaps at the outer corners. I wish you would have been around to do the job. But, next time I will do it myself with what I have learned from the video. Also, beware! Some aftermarket rubber seals don't have the notch that holds the trim into the groove and the rubber is thicker and more dense than the original.

[@1polymathman1]

Thanks Scott. It's really not that hard, you just need to know why you're doing what. All new windshields are glued in now, so it's hard to find an old guy who knows how to rope one in AND is willing to be shown this particular trick.

[@victorialouden1912]

Scott Buchanan first of all safelite is a joke company you should go to independent shop I have forgot more about glass than safelite Cincinnati will ever know across the country safelite fired all exp installers and hired rookies to do it the safelite way which in most cases is a joke.

[@robparkerw123]

Great video! My 115 needs new seals, I might have the confidence to try now! To begin with I thought it was Ted Levine doing the demo!

[@jamesonobrien1496]

Awesome job! Doing my 300cd soon, looks like I can do this project. On a side note, I hope PATRICK wasn’t injured after this video. I thought he did a good job ( Taping situation and all)!lol

[@bearsrodshop7067]

Thx, great help,,doing a 300d this wk and fought the trim until watching your video, Bear

[@komfortablijusnambas9672]

Thank you for a great family video and atmosphere! Will surely use this guide video when changing my w123 windscreen (I guess, no major differences in a working principle).

[@user-wn5pd3hr7l]

Did it work?

[@gbenz6494]

Great video on the window seal/gasket install. Hope the video also applies to the rear seal install. Hope to see more videos

[@1polymathman1]

+G Benz They are both of the "seal pulled over a lip" style, so the rear will be the same.

[@marcosortolani3639]

Congratulations and thanks! I need to change the windshield of my MB 280SE 1976 and I will use this information. Greetings from Brazil.

[@bh635]

Absolutely fantastic video well done and thank you :)

[@secondopinion6654]

Unless you're trying to reuse the old seal you can just cut off the retaining edge/lip all around on the inside with a fresh hook blade. No need for a suction cup tension strap thing and it goes 100x faster.

[@stefanhrywniak4674]

Greetings from Namibia. Thanks for the fine video. Lots I didn't know and I thank you for the information. I'm better equipped to deal with my w109! Regards Stefan

[@johncannonnh]

Absolutely great video. Diagram and clear instructions to do the job right. Ken you are awesome, and thank you for taking the time to do this.

[@dilshantharindu1882]

Hi I am from Sri lanka.. Very helpful video and it work nicely❤️ Good job keep it up

[@taaiernaaier]

Fantastic job!

[@M_bahar]

you're doing a good job

[@herrbela84]

Very useful video. Thank you.

[@jatupronWetsansern]

thank you so much for video.

[@mikemakboul4409]

Love you man. Thanx

[@TWINNIdk]

Total Nice super from Danmark 👍🇩🇰

[@turbographics8590]

Very helpful, thank you.

[@bowmandavid8366]

Merci pour toutes vos informations ,

[@waynevanballa8292]

thanks for a great video

[@theredneckguru7811]

great information!

[@v8falcon82]

you are THE MAN

[@jamiescarrestorationprojec9117]

Thank you great video

[@johnzicha1785]

Thank you for this video!!! Rear window went in effortlessly. The front was a bitch because I even though I watched the video I wasn't paying close enough attention. Watched it again and realized I was putting the rope in the wrong slit. After that I went in so easy.

[@EnriqueLopez-hb5jn]

Awesome tutorial with diagrams

[@bowmandavid8366]

thank you for all your information

[@JoeGomez1]

Like a Boss , Thank you

[@ThePunter29]

Great video. Would loved to see how you removed the headlining part though.

[@Aneeda118]

Thank you! Very well done. I have a 1990 300ce would you put in the back glass?

[@johnwalker2494]

Excellent, thanks. Is the procedure the same for the W123 model?

[@Wimkrsk]

Nice. Doors rubber next?

[@lizdejesus5578]

AWESOME

[@MrBNARick]

Ken is this the same procedure for a W-114/8?

[@junkman6456]

When the windshield is off its a good opportunity to clean the dusty dashboard. Thx for the explanation. Tip: for a centered fit use 2 vacuum glass grips.

[@MrRjnr]

Excellent. Where are you located? 😁

[@businesswolle666official]

Great video! What's the point with the cardboard though?

[@1polymathman1]

I am a photographer by trade, and it was used to block the light coming in so the the exposure would show the detail on the inside.

[@victorialouden1912]

I'm a glass man 32 years of exp. if you had a hook tool or coder pin removal tool you could hook where the rope missed other than that great job.

[@tgonzalez5600]

the dry chipped and scrapped fingertips that never get clean no matter how you scrub them. I know the feels

[@granitsky]

Is this the same for W115 models? I need to replace the seals on both front and rear windscreens.

[@THIRSTYGUMS]

Same

[@pinzgauernorcal]

thanks for posting i think the aftermarket seal does not have the lip to hold in the chrome trim piece im doing a rear seal right now .

[@theolliproductions]

Where did you buy your rear window seal ? I need to change mine aswell and i could get one for 200 € at my work (mercedes workshop) OEM or MB classic website for 92€ claimed OEM

[@pinzgauernorcal]

i bought it from autohausAZ it a URO brand and it cost about 40 usdollars. if you have any questions about installing the rear seal w123 i just did mine

[@pinzgauernorcal]

@@theolliproductions mine was W123 thats why

[@theolliproductions]

@@pinzgauernorcal I did end up ordering it through work, mad expensive but it was nice.

[@pinzgauernorcal]

@@theolliproductions im restoring a W115 now and doing the headliner and both front and back glass its going to be sweet.

[@pinzgauernorcal]

Works for W114/W115

[@johnreid8551]

What does it mean if there's a gap at the upper left corner on the driver's side? I had a body shop replace my windshield last time and that's the way they left it. I didn't discover it for some time because I didn't know enough to look for it.

[@1polymathman1]

If the chrome has popped out from the seal, the chrome wasn't installed correctly - probably tried to put it in after the windshield was installed. If the seal is gaping, it wasn't pulled over the flange, will leak. Check to see if the rubber flap is over the chrome or under it.

[@johnreid8551]

After looking at your video, I think I'm going to refer to it in order to attempt replacing the windshield myself. I miss not driving my 300CD. I've got the new trim, so I just have order the new windshield and seal as well as the tools mentioned in the video. Thanks for the video and the reply.

[@matttax6510]

Where can I buy a good seal from I have order 2 in the fit the windshield really lose an can’t get them to go in ??

[@MrRjnr]

Mercedes dealer

[@duifje7642]

Bij mij past de raam rubber er niet goed op valt te groot uit🙃

[@yoyokhan-ff7lz]

I'm winshield fitter & every day fittings glass and you good fitter & nince fitting

[@gbenz6494]

I noticed that your headliner has been removed. Does that make the job easier?

[@1polymathman1]

+G Benz The trim around the top and the two sides is what has been removed. Do it carefully - I followed the manual for this process, and got it in and out without damage.

[@mattadrev471]

which "manual" has this? I would love to know the title please - thanks!

[@hotdogger420]

Mercedes Workshop factory manual. Google W116 FSM. Should be the one pertaining to the body.

[@luisquiroz4337]

Pueden poner el comentario en castellano.

[@jameslucas83]

Can I contact you to do my '77 280se Front and Rear???

[@1polymathman1]

What do you have in mind?

[@christophermarshall5765]

Gasket??? Parts listing refers to it as a windscreen SEAL. It is NOT a "gasket"!!!

[@shoulderthelion-film9895]

Love that fact that it shows the practice AND explains theory too!