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Close, what you describe is a McPherson strut. A strut suspension does have the shock outside of the coil spring, such as in the 124 and other Mercedes cars with a front Strut Suspension (where the shock tube controls the location of the top of the steering knuckle).

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Originally Posted by Mölyapina (Post 3566769)

BTW, you don't have struts. A strut is a one-piece coil spring/shock and is common on FWD vehicles. This is a strut:

https://pdos.lcs.mit.edu/~yipal/blog...s/IMG_0112.JPG

In your car, the shock absorber and coil spring are separate, like this (the shock is mounted inside of the coil in this case):

http://www.peachparts.com/diy/w123fr...pension/01.jpg

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Originally Posted by dkveuro (Post 3567136)

Please do NOT use this technique....even as back up.

https://youtu.be/1fyU96hiI4E

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The best part is he states he got the strap from a Dollar store:eek: I was ducking while watching the video.