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needed work: engine mount, shifter bushings and driver's side lower ball joint
A Mercedes specialist near me put my car on the lift and gave it a quick inspection and showed me that I need a driver's ball joint (torn boot), both shifter bushings, and a collapsed passenger side engine mount.
I already have a steering knuckle with a new Lemforder ball joint pressed in to swap out the one in the car so that one should be easy. I need to order the bushings and engine mounts. Called ******* near me and they have this Lemforder mount in stock that I can go pick up https://www.*******.com/products/mercedes-engine-mount-1232413013oe The rep pulled one off the shelf to look at and says the part looks well made, the part itself is marked made in Turkey but only the box is marked Lemforder. Is this a decent quality part? A genuine Mercedes mount is $116
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Ask him or her to look at the part. There should be a stamped logo, from memory it's a triangle and an owl. I will have to double check some Lemforder parts I have to verify, but around 95% certain my memory is correct.
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I forgot to mention that I think they have a lifetime guarantee on parts. OR, you could get your motor mounts from Autozone which has a lifetime warranty on motor mounts. I am big fan of life time warranties.
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Just order the phoenix motor mounts here for a turbo.....They are factory parts....The star is even ground off....Plus its under 50$ for both mounts...
Pelican Parts - Product Information: 123-241-30-13-M66 Also there are, three shift bushings in the gear shifter....Recommend when replacing the linkage bushings to also do the shifter....
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A torn boot does not automatically mean the Ball Joint is worn out. However is true that it will shorten the life of the Ball Joint
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Lemforder does indeed have an owl as a logo.
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All their parts are lifetime, something that I would never want to take advantage of, especially on parts that require a lot of labor. I rather get a quality part that lasts.
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85 300D turbo pristine w 157k when purchased 161K now 83 300 D turbo 297K runs great. SOLD! 83 240D 4 spd manual- parted out then junked |
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Do you have the p/n's of all the bushings? I saw a thread where you posted that info but now I can't find it.
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That may be the case. Do you have a source of a quality boot?
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Quote:
Bushings: 115 992 03 10 x2 115 267 12 50 x2 115 267 09 50 x2 Came from this thread Auto Trans Shifter Moves Freely? - Mercedes-Benz Forum
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I've never rebuilt an autoshifter in a 85, so I can't stand by it but I believe the autoshifter design never changed in the w123 model.
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have to do all the bushings in my auto shifter as well, have all the parts here to do it and have not had the time to get to it yet. Did it on one of my otherw123's and it was a night and day in feel.
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The separate boots were a Mercedes Part don't know if they still are.
I have not looked at this thread for a long long time so I am not sure what is there but that is what is in my notes. Ball Joint Boots http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/mercedes-parts-reference-library/186247-1165860433-repair-kit-lower-control-arm-ball-joint-w116-123-126-a.html I bought an FPC Groton Front supension kit a long time a ago and I had all URO Parts in it. I used certain Parts but not tHe Lower Ball Joints. Not sure if it is the same now bout the URO Lower Ball Joints had the sort of clear Plastic type Boots on them and I removed the URO Boot and used it on the old Ball Joint that had a ripped Boot. I mention that because at one time the URO Ball Joints were like $6.50 on eBay and the what I think were Rubber replacment Boots were more then $7 each. So if you want a Plastic Boot you could buy a URO Ball Joint for the Boot. However, all that was over 4 years ago. I am not sure what is available right now. Not sure if replacment boots are rubber or the Plastic ones.
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84 300D, 82 Volvo 244Gl Diesel Last edited by Diesel911; 11-15-2015 at 12:38 AM. |
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I found this in my other notes:
A 116 586 04 33 Lower Ball Joint Boot kit with hardware A 116 586 05 33 Upper control Arm boot kit with hardware Boot only
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