I just finished up my pictorial on how to repair your broken seat spring. I also changed the format of the maintenance page so it loads much faster.

http://dieselgiant.com/mercedes_diesel_maintenance_tips.htm

Hope this will encourage you to do it yourself!

Enjoy!

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