That sounds promising. Did you order strictly by part numbers, or were you able to find it in the parts diagrams? I ordered the number listed in the article, but just got one piece. Maybe it was mislabeled, or mis-packaged?

I ordered strictly by the part number, acy.

Russ

Thanks for the help, all.. I will try the aforementioned site and see what I can find.

The plot thickens -- I just received a response to my email query from mbz.org (they host the article, I believe):

The spring kit is really not a kit it is one spring. The part number should
be 1262704477

Now I am getting confused...

I ordered from MB last year and it was a spring with two plastic inter-locking pieces.

I gave that same part number to my dealer and it was in his database. I ordered 2 at $10.50 each. They came in less than a week later and were I believe, two plastic pieces and two springs in each kit.

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Michael LaFleur

'05 E320 CDI - 86,000 miles
'86 300SDL - 360,000 miles
'85 300SD - 150,000 miles (sold)
'89 190D - 120,000 miles (sold)
'85 300SD - 317,000 miles (sold)
'98 ML320 - 270,000 miles (sold)
'75 300D - 170,000 miles (sold)
'83 Harley Davidson FLTC (Broken again) :-(
'61 Plymouth Valiant - 60k mikes
2004 Papillon (Oliver)
2005 Tzitzu (Griffon)
2009 Welsh Corgi (Buba)

Well, after a few trite email responses from the guys at mbz.org, they have apparently decided not to try and help me get the kit. This Tom fellow was nice enough to inform me that the P/N was for 1 spring only, and when I asked if he'd get me the other parts he hasn't responded. Great service.

Would anyone who has been successful getting this kit be willing (for a fee, of course) to send me one obtained from their local dealer? I really don't want to place an order only to have 1 spring show up again. I'd really appreciate it.