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Originally Posted by 83w126
If you replace everything yeah its expensive, you could probably get the shocks and springs too for $3k though. And about $500 in special tools ($180 for a press, $180 for a spring compressor, and $80 for the cheap ball joint tool). It actually isn't that hard of a job, if you are comfortable using the spring compressor that is the hardest part. There are actually a couple places that make aluminum SDL radiators now, mine has been replaced at some point and I found a decent spare in the junkyard though. The main thing that will be the end of them though is that no one really wants them anymore, the same ones have been for sale on Craigslist here for over a year. I saw a pretty clean 86 300SDL in the junkyard a couple days ago that someone had bought for the engine and scrapped the rest. It was certainly way nicer than mine is.
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Also W126's are getting hard to find used, they're are only a handful even with the search radius maxed out. They are getting cheap to acquire though.
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Don't forget to grease the screw and threads on the spring compressor.
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