Originally Posted by oilslick

The clutch went out on my ‘96 E300 at the beginning of Spring this year. The AC had been ice cold and I didn’t want to disturb the system so I opted to just replace the clutch. After reading about the interchangeability of some Toyota clutches, I headed to the local salvage yard. I pulled three or four clutches from various Toyota’s and even some Mercedes. I installed an almost new looking MB clutch onto my E300 and have never looked back. The clutches I purchased were cheap enough and the repair took an hour. I removed the PS pump pulley and the fastening bolts for the compressor and was able to tilt the compressor enough to remove the old clutch and install the replacement clutch. It’s performed flawlessly!

Also, the Toyota clutches that I pulled are identical in appearance to the MB clutch with the exception of the fused part and they will fit perfectly on the compressor. One only needs to modify the power supply connection.