I am pleased to report that after a wait for the new dual mass flywheel from Germany, I put my 190E back together on the weekend and it is back on the road again. I am also pleased to be able to report that there is no longer any clutch shudder (nor the rattle when stopping the engine I had previously mentioned in another thread). Obviously these minor issues were due to the broken flywheel and the situation had existed for at least the three and a half I have owned the car.

The new flywheel which I had sourced directly from Germany for around half the price the local MB dealer wanted for one here is still from OE manufacturer "LUK". Likewise the clutch, pressure plate and release bearing were sourced for around half price and they are OEM "Sachs". The rest of the parts (rear main crankshaft seal, gearbox input shaft seal and output seal) were sourced from the dealer. Whilst only the gearbox front cover and output seal were leaking (not the gearbox input seal or rear crankshaft seal), I believed it sensible to replace them all while I had everything accessible.

All up the job set me back about AU $2200 (about US $1650) and a total of around a day or day and a half of my own labour. Imagine what it would have cost had the dealer done the job!

Hopefully this will finally be the end of all my clutch problems. It should be since I have now replaced everything associated with the clutch.

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107.023: 350SLC, 3-speed auto, icon gold, parchment MBtex (sold 2012 after 29 years ownership).
107.026: 500SLC, 4-speed auto, thistle green, green velour.
124.090: 300TE, 4-speed auto, arctic white, cream-beige MBtex.
201.028: 190E 2.3 Sportline, 5-speed manual, arctic white, blue leather.
201.028: 190E 2.3, 4-speed auto, blue-black, grey MBtex.
201.034: 190E 2.3-16, 5-speed manual, blue-black, black leather.