RE: the bottom piece - I tried pushing mine together....and then prying it with pliers. The thing is held in with black magic. Ill give it another go tomorrow.

BTW - I changed out my firewall bushing near the oil filter canister - no real difference in pedal feel. The original one did have a lot of play and was pretty far gone.

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'85 300D, 'Lance',250k, ... winter beater (100k on franken-Frybrid 3 Valve Kit)
'82 300D, 'Tex', 228k body / 170k engine ... summer car
'83 300TD Cali Wagon 210k, wife's car