Has anyone recently purchased a new vacuum pump from, for example, FastLane, and verified that it is (is not) the "new" style with the covered bearing? I don't want to spend $300-400 and get the pump only to discover that it's not the "new" new one.

Jeremy

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"Buster" in the '95

Our all-Diesel family
1996 E300D (W210) . .338,000 miles Wife's car
2005 E320 CDI . . 113,000 miles My car
Santa Rosa population 176,762 (2022)
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . 627,762
"Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz."
-- Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970

I bought mine more than a year ago from MB and it was the new style. The price was comparable to what anyone else was quoting.

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1987 300TD 231,000
#22, afterglow, plastic fan, euro lights, alternator upgrade, cluster housing update

If you go to the dealer and run the part number you will find that MB did about five updates to this pump. I bought mine in 2004 and it was the latest and greatest.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

000 239 35 65?

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"Buster" in the '95

Our all-Diesel family
1996 E300D (W210) . .338,000 miles Wife's car
2005 E320 CDI . . 113,000 miles My car
Santa Rosa population 176,762 (2022)
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . 627,762
"Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz."
-- Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970

I'm not the dealer, ask them. I havn't messed with one of these since 2004.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200