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Old 05-16-2014, 12:14 PM
Zulfiqar Zulfiqar is offline
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Originally Posted by VA-Merc View Post
Sounds good! My wife dropped it by the dealer to check on a suspension squeak that we noticed on our test drive (since the seller said he would pay for it). The found that one control arm needs to be replaced. They also found that the insulation in the transmission tunnel is sagging and there is a hefty price tag to replace that. Has anyone else successfully re-suspended the insulation without having to replace the whole pad? I tried searching online but didn't come up with a whole lot. I'll probably look underneath tonight.
If the transmisssion tunnel padding is like the padding on a late W124 E300D like mine I just propped it back with some scrap lightweight aluminium sheet as washers.
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