I'm having a little trouble visualizing this at the moment, but I seem to remember always doing the 126 mounts and shocks at the same time. I think maybe if you take the shocks off first you can get to it. I haven't done one of these for a while, so I may be wrong...

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1998 E320 4MATIC-- stolen by my sister
1989 300TE-- sold
1999 C230 Kompressor