Warren,
Just got back from California, I notice you cleaned the guide rod seat in the bearing bracket. Hopefully you didn't use too much elbow grease. While I was doing mine, Steve Brotherton mentioned a little tale of a guide rod monut he'd replaced many moons ago, and cleaned all the rust out of the seat. The result was the car still made the same clunk, not due to a bad mount but rather the mount slopping in the bracket.

Looks like the project is coming along nicely.

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Mike Tangas
'73 280SEL 4.5 (9/72)- RIP
Only 8,173 units built from 5/71 thru 11/72

'02 CLK320 Cabriolet - wifey's mid-life crisis

2012 VW Jetta Sportwagon TDI...at least its a diesel

Non illegitemae carborundum.