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Old 03-27-2014, 01:59 PM
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Originally Posted by DieselPaul View Post
I've seen some Mercedes documents stating that this can be removed, my 190D automatics both have them, as well as my stick 190E. But when we were doing research trying to find out what it was on my friends 16V he came across a TSB stating it had been determined it was not necessary and could be removed. However I can't find, nor cite that source, maybe someone else knows if that is true or not.
That would be interesting to find - they are not cheap to replace (new cost)

Also good to hear the manual flywheels over in the states for the M103 are not rare

EDIT - I bumped up some bad news for you here =>

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/341253-717-412-5-speed-manual-gearbox-refresh.html

I can't find that reseal kit in stock and for sale at the moment
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