Just a quick followup..

In usual fashion, I did the "premium" fix but glad... Here's the scoop..

The Front caliper piston was hyper-extended and I was unable to retract it so, of course, I replaced all 4 calipers. I bought new ATE from fastlane along with new rotors and brake lines.

I also got a power bleeder from Performance products and it works great. Attachment screws on in place of the brake fluid reservior and you build up 20 lbs of pressure. Then open each bleed line until air is out. Simple and painless.

The rear brakes were real easy and all in all a positive experience. There is a real handy cd from repairflix.com on doing brakes on the 123 and 126 chassis. They also have one on bleeding brakes which is were I learned about the power bleeder.

regards

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Mark Herzig
1995 E300D 153K
1985 300D 142K (sold)
1979 450SL 122 miles (sold)
1992 500E 127K (sold)
1987 300SDL 132K (sold)
1986 300E 161K (sold)