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Originally Posted by iNeon
I'll check for a Haynes manual, but aren't those the ones that NEVER have a picture of the assembly you're working on, but always one of a "similar" model that looks nothing like yours?  |
I'm not sure about the Haynes manual ... for my 124, there's the "E Class Owners Bible" which is pretty useful. I am also very lucky to have the FSM for the chassi and body ... huge book, my dad happened to have a copy that I found. It has VERY minimal descriptions of repairs (assumes the reader already knows basic things that I don't know), BUT lots of great pictures so I can get a sense of what is supposed to go where and what bits and pieces are supposed to look like. If you can get a FSM cheap from anywhere, I would think that might be very helpful, at least in just identifying a part and seeing if it looks like it's supposed to.
Another thing I've learned ... many things are bilateral. Look at both sides of the car. If a part looks different on one side than the other, it could be a sign that something is wrong. Like if the sway bar linkage is not there at all on one of the rear wheels ...
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