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Barry:
Yes, the springs are available for the ML cupholders (the first 2 years anyways) as is the small star-wheel friction device and the small latching part. I keep these in my toolbox for quick repairs, it's pretty easy to fix these up without replacing anything as long as the pivot pins in the holder part itself aren't broken off. Many times I've ordered the whole assembly and just used the holder part to use as a repair part, thus saving the hassle of removing the dash part. The dash part seldom breaks.
The tension spring, on the mounting of that on the dash part, you will see if the holder is taken out that on the "floor" of the dash part is kind of a V shaped groove, the spring slides in to the V. The end of the spring that goes into there is the end with the small loop. The other end, the one with the strange hook to it, engages into the hole in the cup holder part. You may have to examine a correctly assembled cupholder to see how it's assembled, difficult to explain. It's times like this that I wish i had a digital camera so I could take some photo's and post them here. Maybe MercedesShop will buy me one for Xmas!
Gilly
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