Yes, I hear you on the real trailer thing. That certainly would have been the way to go. But I have to admit that I hate the heavy U-Haul trailers that feel like you were towing a tractor trailer.since we were dragging something out there and the time was limited we just went forward with what we had on hand which was a dolly that feels like absolutely nothing behind my Honda Ridgeline. Mistake? Yes I believe so.we are where we are so now the goal is to get The whole contraption home safely. I am the one who purchased the car so I made the bad decision on the dolly. It will be my ruined rear end in the event it is ruined.

I got some information that the differential was slightly hot to the touch and was almost difficult to hold your fingers on it for 10 seconds after going about 100 miles. This sounded bad and we were concerned about the differential oil and the bearing caster relationship. However I felt the differential of this Mercury that I'm driving right now with 120,000 miles on it and it has the same situation where I can touch the differential housing but it is very hot to the touch and I don't want to hold my fingers on it for 10 seconds. So trucking on continues.



The pictures above are what I received after some rubber spring shins were stuffed in the springs on each side of the vehicle.


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Past mb: '73 450sl, '81 280slc stick, '71 250, '72 250c, '70 250c, '79 280sl, '73 450sl, parted: '75 240d stick, '69 280s, '73 450slc, '72 450sl,