The 300D euro that I purchased had the sway bar bolt break on it's trip to my house. I bought it for next to nothing so it wasn't a huge deal. The yard near me said that for $50 I could have the front sway bar from a W123 280C that they had, as long as I removed it. I'm glad that I decided to part out the 300D.

This is only about 30 minutes from being able to remove the sway bar:



I had previously thought that they started with the heater core and built a car around it. I may have to change that to the sway bar. You can probably get it out without removing the engine, but it sure is burried.

-Tad

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That is funny.
I have replaced more than a few.
You are right, it is easier if you pull the engine.

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It's also much easier to replace the engine mounts or install a block heater.

-Tad

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You had to replace the sway bar to fix the broken bolt?

The bolt threads into the end of the sway bar, and had broken off almost flush with the end of the sway bar. The solution given was to replace the sway bar, which is all that I could come up with. I could have removed the sway bar, drilled the bolt, re-tapped the sway bar and reinstalled, but after that much work I'd rather have a known good sway bar in there.

-Tad

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