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Dang Ron, I don't remember it being either goldish plated or round. I was sure it was black and had a rounded/hexagon shape to it, but not perfectly rounded. Oh well, old age creepin' in I suppose. It should be pretty obvious, it connects the very front of the torsion bar to the lower control arm, and by looking it all over, you can tell it has to go towards the rear, it won't go forward very far at all without contacting the lower control arm. Again, you are only moving it until this coupler piece is off of the control arm (it'll be pretty obvious to you that you've moved it enough).
As an aside, in the manual (WIS) they say to remove these 2 pinch bolts that secure this coupler to the torsion bar and control arm, but I've never actually seen a coupler that had these set-bolts. Since I don't recall seeing a goldish plated coupler, maybe there are different styles that MB used, so look at that coupler and make sure there aren't some sort of bolts holding it in place.
Usually the bolts holding the front pipes to the manifold will come off without the square nuts spinning. I saw on your photo last night that you used a little penetrant on the threads, which never hurts.
Gilly
PS you could also spray a little of the penetrant into the gap inside this coupler piece too, it may help it move back easier....
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