The rebuild kit for your car, both front brakes, is available from Fastlane for under $60. The job is not that complicated, the big deal is being clean. When you get the pistons out (I used the brake system and it makes a bit of a mess when the fluid can just come out, and, on that particular vehicle there is a single piston per caliper which is not always the case), you have to clean the caliper like you were preparing it for surgery. I did not remove the caliper from the hose as the fittings were pretty corroded and bound up - more twisting and it seemed to me I would be buying and replacing brake lines. So I did the job in the front wheel wells, which made it at least 100 times more difficult.

The only issue with the job is getting the stuff clean, then getting the piston back in the bore with the much tighter, new seal while not disturbing the boot. I liberally applied brake fluid liberally and eventually it went together. No problems since.

If that is all too much trouble, I would get in touch with Benzmac from this site - he is in the area around Atlanta, I believe (Suwanee, GA per his signature data). He can do it or recommend someone who can. In the worst of cases, take BOTH calipers off, cap the hoses and keep your reservoir filled, drain them and ship them to the place in California FEDEX and pay the extra fees to have them FEDEX'd back. The job, even with painting and the like, can't take that long.

Good luck,

Jim

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Own:
1986 Euro 190E 2.3-16 (291,000 miles),
1998 E300D TurboDiesel, 231,000 miles -purchased with 45,000,
1988 300E 5-speed 252,000 miles,
1983 240D 4-speed, purchased w/136,000, now with 222,000 miles.
2009 ML320CDI Bluetec, 89,000 miles

Owned:
1971 220D (250,000 miles plus, sold to father-in-law),
1975 240D (245,000 miles - died of body rot),
1991 350SD (176,560 miles, weakest Benz I have owned),
1999 C230 Sport (45,400 miles),
1982 240D (321,000 miles, put to sleep)