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Good idea!
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Originally Posted by Mxfrank
The Baum tool looks ALOT like a Greenlee chassis punch. Chassis punches crop up on E-Bay for $10 or $15. Maybe a longer bolt and use a big socket as the receiver, and that's about all you'd need. I have a bunch of these that I haven't used in years, have to dust them off and see.
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That's exactly what I did the first time I had to do this job on my '87 300D Turbo, when I didn't have the proper tool. Chassis punches and sockets and washers and long bolts. It was crude and tricky to get lined up but it did work and cost nothing,
Jeremy
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