Hello,
My worksheet looks like this:
1.ALL fuel lines and brake hoses
2.ALL front suspension bushes, subframe mounts, tie rods and steering damper.
3.ALL rear suspension bushes.
4.ALL driveline stuff
5.ALL bodywork(farmed out to bodyshop)
Front springs are not too difficult on a W115, I managed to R&R front springs on my own car with three normal screw type compressors as the spring is relatively *short* and can be levered back in as there is a convenient ledge on the lower control arm that allows this, though I would not recommend this method to novices. I think the screw type compressors will work on the rear springs as well, though better use the heavy duty variety.
The VDO clock is a quartz type on all MBs after 1972. I have experience with a successful repair on my former 1966 VW Karmann-Ghia's mechanical 6 volt VDO clock, there the fuse had cracked and I bridged it with fine copper wire, cleaned up the *points* with croucos cloth and then spent the next week adjusting the thing to run without gaining or losing time, but the final *fix* that made it run 100% reliably was when the car was converted to 12 volts
The quartz type cannot be repaired as opening it breaks three fine wires that connect to the stepper motor and an internal gear is usually broken as well. My plan is to buy a junkyard panel that has the mechanical clock and repair that to install in the car's panel and toss the quartz clock in the nearest trashcan
