has anybody able to rejuvenate one of these?
 

namely the guide rod mount, it first started as clunk when driving over speed bump, when she got worse it can oscillate when u brake partly, if u brake harder it will stop vibrating.
Anyways it would be interesting to know if anybody had this re-juvenate them. It sells for $100 but when your car is getting old every 100 u need to be counting them or else u have a sunk 2000 into a car that only worth 200!

I sympathise with the spending money problem - but I'm of the opinion where you don't spend money you'll spend it some where else:- time, safety, hassle, bleeding fingers etc etc etc

If you don't want to buy a new part, see if you can find a good second hand one...

X2

I looking at it this way...

Find a decent car you like to drive, spend the money to get the parts to make it reliable then nice. Learn to do everything you can yourself. What you'll save in initial cost, interest, insurance,depreciation, etc will greatly exceed what you spend keeping your girl on the road dependably. Spending 2-3 k on a car to redo it is STILL cheaper than a modest car payment.

has anybody took one of these apart?
in another chat rm, one dude took apart an old electric fuel pump, was dead anyways but we be able to understand what & how it does.
My 190e when I took the car it had been sitting for a few yrs the pump didnt turn, my friend whack her a few times it had been running since.

Yes & no just some of us are on a more limited budget than some more lookier few.

when i parted out my old 300sd, this part should be pretty good as it has only 200,000 km, because I had promised my car trailer to this Mother " F" so I can't kept my sd on the deck for few more days. In the end he never did anything with the trailer right away. Next time I'll never try to be a nice guy. If i had more time i could have harvest more parts out of the old car.

You will spend more time and brain power trying to figure them out... since yours have been wasted for some time, they are beyond repair.

Just junk them and get on with life. The kit is $65.

If you are sick of it, just go buy a new car. Do not forget you have to maintain one also along with payments AND high insurance rates.

I never, ever look at what my car is worth versus what I spend on it. The Mercedes I have has thus far been pretty cheap. Even with needing a new trans soon. If I had a new car I would have spend twice as much in payments with NOTHING being fixed.

I look at cars as I do wine. Some years are good, some not. I happen to like my 91 and think its a great car. But some people will just see it as an "old car" and nothing more.

The consensus of opinion is not to bother with your current way of thinking. But don't let us put you off! Why not take your own piece apart? And post some pictures that either prove or disprove the advice you've been given.

I for one would be interested to see how you get on - my tone may be skeptical - but hey it sounds like you've stumbled on a new frontier. Be a pioneer.

for sure our forefathers always thought the Earth was flat and if go far enuf one will fall off the Earth and that will be the last of him.

So far i havent had one apart yet.
Since is not a FWD car so it only have force push against it, but not tractioning away.


I have done several head gaskets without removing the head, so have I saved a few bucks and many hours of pain or outright crazy.

so where can I buy this kit for 65? please send the link.
TIA

The guide rod mount in All Parts Express is $77. for an SD. should last as long as you own the car.

There are probably good used parts in the JY. The time it takes to get one apart, then bring it home and take you own car apart seem like a lot of extra work. then you still have a questionable used part.

Install a new part. and it should last well past 150K miles.

I don`t care how old the car is, or what the value is to someone else. I want my cars dependable, and to be ready to go where ever I need to go in a moments notice. whether across town or 1/2 way across the country.

These cars are built to go 500K to a million miles. at which point do you not replace the parts???

I have this project to do on the 85 300D. left side is clunking. but will wait until I have a $100 order for the free shipping.

Charlie