your old battery was definately the wrong size....the PO moron of my W123 had a simmular one it it....that died a couple weeks ago when it turned cold....I too put in a correct size...its an interstate too but fills the battery tray as it should.

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1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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