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Curiouser and curiouser...
My friend and fellow 123 owner in town had a set of rear brake calipers that he pulled off his 84 300TD before he scrapped it. He gave them to me this afternoon and guess what?
They also had 38mm pistons! I suspect that is was common practice (or a common mistake) to substitute sedan calipers when replacing them on wagons.
I'd prefer to go with the stock 42mm calipers but as t walgamuth noted they are hard to find. Pelican is out of stock for rebuilt units as is my local NAPA store. Rock Auto has a Centric rebuild for $45 plus $40 core deposit. I don't have the correct core and their warranty is only 90 days/3,000 miles which doesn't exactly inspire confidence. New ones seem to be available for $235 each which is beyond my budget.
So, I'm leaning toward rebuilding the best pair of 38mm out of the two I now have.
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JIM
83 300TD
2006 Sprinter 2500 (RV Conversion)
06 E320 CDI, Sold
83 240D, manual, Sold
79 240D, automatic, Sold
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