PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum - View Single Post - Ramifications of a 190E 2.6 front sway bar on a 190D 2.2???

volosong · #5 07-02-2009, 07:41 PM

Total bummer! I stopped at the pick-a-part last night to pull a few things, specifically the sensor for the windshield washer reservoir that failed in my car. There was a pretty green colored 190E 2.6 that I've been spying for quite awhile. Lots of nice stuff on it. I even consider pulling the lower door panels to "update" my '85.

When I got to the yard at about 9:30 this morning...the car was gone! The whole row was being replaced by "new" stock. So, I could't get the bars. But, I did stop about a block away at a Mercedes specific junk yard. He sold me a front bar from a 2.6 for fifty bucks. About twice as expensive as the pick-a-part, but at least I have it.

He had his help pull the bar while I sorted through some new wheels that I could purchase. Back at the front, the bar didn't look right. It was a funny shape and after measuring, it was no wider than my old bar. "From a 2.6?", I ask. I check myself and sure enough, it was. He kindly did let me purchase a different bar which was indeed thicker. It was off another and is definitely thicker in the center and tapered at the ends.