I was riding down the interstate today in one of my 1981 240D's coming home from my day job, I heard this loud thumping sound coming from the right rear. Pulled off the side of the road and took a look under the rear axle, there was oil everywhere. I got back in and limped her home. Raised her up on blocks and proceeded to pull the old axle and install a spare I had laying in the barn. Everything went pretty smooth untill it came to installing that darn C-clip back on the axle. Tried several times but it kept springing right back off. On the last try it went ping and that was the last I saw of it. Oh well tommorow is another day and I will get her finished and back on the road.


MBJOE