I recently acquired an 85 300d and I'm finding all sorts of little suprizes. The most recent happened when I lowered the under dash cover on the driver's side. Laying on the cover is a large metal box (approx. 6"x4"x2") with 2 electrical connections. Now I'm pretty sure its not supposed to be just laying on the under dash cover since it has a really nice mounting bracket, but I sure can't see where it is supposed to go. Anybody have a photo or diagram of where it goes?

Does it have a part number?

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84 CD

its a bear to unmount and harder to re-mount so some ex-or bum worker just left it hangin-- probably a republican

I suspect its the cruise control amplifier. It hangs vertically off a 10mm bolt from the bracket supporting the brake pedal. The metal bracket attaches to the amp can and has a threaded insert to accept the bolt.

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2008 ML320 CDI (Older son’s DD) fatal transmission failure, water soaked/fried rear SAM, numerous other issues, just too far gone to save (165k miles)
2008 E320 Bluetec (Younger son's DD) injector failed open and diluted oil with diesel, spun main bearings (240k miles)

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2) Even less power
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That sounds exactly like the bracket I'm seeing. I will have to see if I can find where it attaches to the brake pedal support. I expect I will be looking for a hole in the support with enough room to attach the bracket. Knowing it mounts vertically will help. Thanks for the info.