This is great information. Is the manual you speak of the thick blue Mercedes Service Manual for the body? Actually my manual is for the drivetrain for my 123 300D turbo and this car is an 88' 300TE wagon (124) but I'm sure everything is pretty much the same as the sedan.

I've been laying awake in bed at night invisioning tearing out the headliner to get at everything and I'm overjoyed to know they designed this right. Any other manufacture would probabaly have you tearing out the headliner and dropping the rear end to get at a bolt.

Thanks