Originally Posted by John1

Whilre under my 84 500 sel (W126) drivers side I noticed a white coiled spring (1" in diameter) portruding from a hole in the frame at the transmission height, in fact it was touching the trans.

What the heck is this. Maybe some kind of ground to the trans/body. I pulled it out of the frame and it was about 2 feet long after it was stretched from pulling.

Never have notived it before.

Any idea??

God Bless
John