Very nice and fairly safe for that job. Useless for spring removal, but a good wat to do the ball joint (I'll have to remember this, it may come in handy).

There is a nice hole already present in the upper spring cup for the Klann spring compressor (or similar).

Ball joint on a W123/W126 is in the steering knuckle, not the control arm so those are easy to replace.

The ball joint tool from Harbor Freight has adapters that should allow you to press the old one out if you have the control arm high enough.

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1972 220D ?? miles
1988 300E 200,012
1987 300D Turbo killed 9/25/07, 275,000 miles
1985 Volvo 740 GLE Turobodiesel 218,000
1972 280 SE 4.5 165, 000 - It runs!