Well I got the driveshaft in yesterday. Amazing how easy things go together...Just the time it takes to put it all together right...UGH!




I also managed to tidy up the engine bay a bit, tied wires down, replace a heater hose, cleaned the spiders n corrosion out of the glow plug relay, clean a few connectors and try to find the electrical tape again...

I opted not to rebuild the exhaust hanger, I undid it abit and all the mounts were still good so I will save the kit for the 78 which I know needs it badly....

I finally got the jack stands out from out of the rear! And moved to the front...Know how hard it is to change from a car ramp to a jack stand? UGH! No oil, no radiator and so I couldn't just drive it down...

Got the front tires off and the UCA's off....I think they are just fine...What do you think? New one in the center for comparison...Amazing the ball joints are still really tight..




Tomorrow after coffee n pain pill I will put the new torsion/sway bar bushing on the firewall, clean the ends of the bar and install the arms....Still waiting on two bushings so can't button this up yet...

Want to install the after market cruise control too at some point..

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Looking mighty good! .

Can you write up info on the sway bar bushings ? .

One of my cars has soft ones and I'd like to replace them , with Polyurethane if possible .

TIA ,

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-Nate
1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better

Thanks!

I can try but the best is the FSM Section on replacing the Torsion Bar. I don't remove the booster, it takes more time to get a wrench in their but its possible.

Pretty much, its just keep weight off the front tires, remove battery tray and then the U bracket that holds the bushing/bearing onto the torsion bar, add some dish soap, place the bushing over the torsion bar and then tighten. The one under the booster is the same.

http://mb.bolinko.org/wis/w123/CD02/Chassis/32-300.pdf

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