Before you spend any more money you might want to check again on the subframe recall that MB has had for years. I have a '73 450SL that I took in for service at an MB dealer. They called and told me they ran the serial number on the car and that the subframe had never been updated. The only cost to me was for some rubber bushings or something small like that. Interesting that the dealer would check on this on their own. Might have been a slow day in the shop and they needed some recall money from the MB mothership.

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1986 560 SEL (159K miles)