Our 1983 300SD had the front driver jack area completely crumble and break apart a while back (almost 2 years ago).....so we called up the great Roy Hunter (here on the forum) and he welded it all back together for us all nice...can lift the car with no worries there now.


Stuff like that can be fixed....I'd not give up on it just yet. Try to see if you can find a good welder to repair the jack area....just have them cut that area out and re-weld it back together with the jacking-tube in the proper place and supported properly....and it will be good as new.

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