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whunter · #**166** 10-11-2013, 08:20 PM

Frustrated.

Roughly 1.5 year on new W123 Febi upper control arms.

Failed at roughly 7,500 miles.

The ball joints where slopping enough (MM) to rattle when removed from the car.

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Diesel911 · #**167** 10-11-2013, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by sleepstar

it fits between the body underside and exhaust with the tips touching various components (like the resonator). mine were hard and the tips collapsed/missing

Thanks. I never noticed any on MY Car. Wonder if they are still there or not?

Mxfrank · #**168** 02-15-2014, 07:11 PM

The "Made in" designation only refers to the last place a major operation was performed on the part. You could, for example, have a lower control arm core made in China, ball joint made in Korea, and bushings made in Turkey. If they are assembled into a complete LCA in Germany, then the part is "Made in Germany". Silly way to buy parts.

sokoloff · #**169** 05-05-2016, 12:09 PM

Just serviced my 606 transmission. The Mann filter was Made in China. The one I took off came from Mercedes Made in Germany.

gsxr · #**170** 05-05-2016, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by sokoloff

Just serviced my 606 transmission. The Mann filter was Made in China. The one I took off came from Mercedes Made in Germany.

I found the same thing back in 2012 - photos below. Note the OE/dealer filter is made by Filtran, not Mann. They are not expensive, and considering the cost of 722.6 repair/rebuild, this is one area it doesn't pay to skimp. IMO anyway...

sokoloff · #**171** 05-05-2016, 12:28 PM

I totally agree with you Dave. See my other post about this I just made a few minutes ago.

Diesel911 · #**172** 02-18-2017, 11:28 PM

For my 84 W123 300D: Bought a Hella Hazard Flasher Switch on eBay and and unhappy it is made in India. It sucks that I paid $27 for the Indian made Switch.
Have not installed it to know if it will work yet.
Note if you are having trouble with your turn signal flasher I found that the turnsignal part of the flasher will not work without the Hazard Switch being plugged in.
I fooled with the stock hazard switch and restored the turn signals but not the hazard flasher.
Also note my Wife likes to polp her Purse on top of the counsel right where the Hazard Switch is.

I also bought some cheapie Power Window Switches for the counsel and they lasted one month. Turns out the switch rockers inside are stamped aluminum and instead of there being brazed on contact points there aluminum bumps pressed into the rockers that quickly burned and did not work.

Mark DiSilvestro · #**173** 02-19-2017, 01:09 AM

Well after 8 years on my '82 240D. the Turkish hood-star and exhaust hanger donuts I got from Mercedes still look good, and the axle-boots on my CVJ rebuilds still look good. From years of visiting my Pick-N-Pull, I've also accumulated a decent stock of spare relays, switches, hanger-donuts, and other misc hardware for this car. At least most, if not all of it, appears to be made in Germany.
OTOH, my indie Mercedes parts place folded last year, so I may be stuck paying a kings-ransom for parts from Mercedes.

Happy Motoring, Mark

chasinthesun · #**174** 02-19-2017, 01:38 PM

I dont think its actually the workers from these countries that are at fault rather the assembly plant trying to get said product built as cheaply as possible ,(materials).To put all the engineering that goes into a car ,inluding its servicable parts like filters , brakes ,etc....A Then durability testing of these parts as a whole Working car of loads and suspention durability puts a light on what wealth of knowledge each part has in it when factory OEM,the rub is their stamping it mercedes .Flip that to an overseas supplier who uses A cheaper grade of rubber ,steel ,or wiring to complete the same task,this gives you a good view of what is the true answer to what questions you may have to product quality.The fight maybe to get a few owners and email it along to corporate in German .Nothing like asking an engineer the same question 10,000 TIMES of how these parts equal up to their standards and THEN wear their brand.Get that email and then something can take shape.

JHZR2 · #**175** 06-08-2018, 07:25 AM

Just got a set of contitech belts. NOT the same look/feel as what I have in NOS for my 300D.

These say "engineered in Germany made in China".

Ugh, no thanks. I'll start looking for Dayco.

Ive seen lots of offshoring by gates, but dayco may not be so yet...

97 SL320 · #**176** 06-08-2018, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by JHZR2

Just got a set of contitech belts. NOT the same look/feel as what I have in NOS for my 300D.

These say "engineered in Germany made in China".

A couple of years ago Continental bought the company that makes Goodyear branded belts. Goodyear tends to license their name to other companies.

According to the web site

https://www.contitech.us/pages/contitech/history/history_en.html

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By 2004 ContiTech has grown to become the world’s largest manufacturer in the non-tyre rubber sector.

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Continental completed acquisition of the American rubber company Veyance Technologies Inc., in Fairlawn, Ohio, on January 30., 2015.

Being the worlds largest maker of non tire rubber products tells me they are very likely an OE supplier to auto makers.

JHZR2 · #**177** 06-08-2018, 11:53 AM

OE is fine, COO is my issue.

My older Contitech belts are made in Germany.

My 82 300CD had fine belts when I bought it - they are still on - US made Goodyears...