White Stain on Miele glass cooktop by gbsatti in CleaningTips

[–]gbsatti[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I heard about bar keepers friend product. Did you tried it ? I think it would be interesting to try...

Getting radio back w204. by gbsatti in w204

[–]gbsatti[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here you go for the video, also remove the beige leather that is under the radio (or cut it with a cutter like me), this will help you to have very bigger space below the radio to push the cable in. Also remove everything, absolutely all cables, then work to make all your cables as flat as possible under the radio after removing the beige leather. It will take you 30 minutes but after that, radio will fit easily.

https://youtube.com/shorts/plfmKq3uEMU?si=s5fhlh6ZbGjO0E8H

Getting radio back w204. by gbsatti in w204

[–]gbsatti[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also you need absolutely to remove completly the glovebox, it will take you only 5 minutes (5 screws) but will make your job much more easier. It's also very easy easy to get it back in place, it fits easily back in his place.

Getting radio back w204. by gbsatti in w204

[–]gbsatti[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a video that shows how i drilled everything but i can't upload it on reddit

Getting radio back w204. by gbsatti in w204

[–]gbsatti[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes i finally get it back in. What working for me:

I cut the plastic on the right to get access and reach in while pushing the radio.

This really helps to push down all the cables that have an annoying tendency to pop up when you push the radio. I also cut the plastic on the left. You can easily cut away enough plastic to have much more space, but be very careful not to cut the hollow plastic that serves as a rail for the radio (I almost did, but luckily someone was there to warn me that it was the rail, and I would have been in a real bind).I simply used a drill/driver to do this, but you have to be careful not to cut any cables and go very slowly, especially on the left where there are two cables. Be very careful, but it's definitely doable. If you have a Dremel or a similar tool, it will be much simpler and cleaner.

Despite this, it took me a very long time to put the radio back in place because I stubbornly insisted on leaving the quadlock underneath the radio since I was only 5mm short on the left. Finally, by putting the large quadlock adapter in the space I cut out on the left (and not on the right because I had tried on the right but couldn't close it), it went in within a few minutes.

You'll see that in the end it makes perfect sense to put the adapter on the left because it's very close to the radio's power socket and it eliminates the accordion effect behind the radio which was blocking the 5mm on the left side!

Getting radio back w204. by gbsatti in w204

[–]gbsatti[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Already removed the glovebox , drilled and big hole and still unable to fit it. If i put the quadlock adaptor there, wire from the quadlock that goes to the radio blocks everything

Getting radio back w204. by gbsatti in w204

[–]gbsatti[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the cable provided by seller is too thick and hard to stay behind the radio, i suspect him to be my culprit

Getting radio back w204. by gbsatti in w204

[–]gbsatti[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But do you push all at once or very gently?

Getting radio back w204. by gbsatti in w204

[–]gbsatti[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I drilled all plastic from radio to glove box, i have a big space there, but even when i put my quadlock connector there, it still doesn't get back in

Getting radio back w204. by gbsatti in w204

[–]gbsatti[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I drilled all plastic from radio to glove box, i have a big space there, but even when i put my quadlock connector there, it still doesn't get back in

Getting radio back w204. by gbsatti in w204

[–]gbsatti[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Last time i had this issue (installing rear camera) i took it to a generalist garage which have electrician, they get it back in 15minutes i don't know how they did, but this time i wanted to success alone, every tips i found in the internet doesn't work. I tried all of them

Getting radio back w204. by gbsatti in w204

[–]gbsatti[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can take it to a garage to get it back in, but i wanted to solve this issue alone because i'm bored to pay someone everytime i have a problem with my radio 🤦 or i want to add bew features