That is one well written set of instructions. Thanks for taking the time to document this process. Last week I purchased a 1981 300sd for a $1000.00. It has the worst set of shocks on it of any car that I have ever owned. It drives fine until you hit a bump of any kind in the road, and then hang on and try to keep it in your lane. The rear comes up quite a bit and then continues to bounce, the front wallows quite a bit. Makes driving it exciting in all the wrong ways. I am going to use your instructions to replace all the shocks this weekend. Ordered a set of hd bilsteins from Phil on monday. Body is straight on the car, although it has a couple of rust spots completely through about the size of a silver dollar just behind the headlights in the front fenders. Car is from salt lake area. Too bad, because other than the shocks and a slightly strangely shifting tranny it is in good condition despite the 277k miles on it. Apparently it was a one owner car for the first 275k miles. I am replacing my 1980 300d that I bought for $800.00 a couple of years ago. The 300d runs ok, but is non turbo. I can't believe the difference the turbo makes. Almost like driving a gasser. I have put about 40k on the 300d. It has been a pretty good car, except for the fact that it has a small short that will kill the battery in two to three days if it is not driven daily. I will try to get my $800.00 back out of it. Shouldn't be too tough, the body is really straight with no rust. Anyway, thanks again for taking the time to write all that stuff down. I thought I would take the time to say thanks.