I've been resealing and adjusting w123 steering boxes for a few months now and decided to try my hands on a w126. It's not that much diffferent from the w123 boxes except for the automatic compensation piston.

So if anyone is interested in a w126 box I'm going to keep the pricing the same as the w123 boxes. $150 + core (?)+ shipping ($30 to lower 48).

Then only thing I can't quite figure out is a decent core charge. I was charging $30 (because that's how much it costs me to pull them from a JY) but then I found out that the average shipping cost is $30. So, people really have no incentive to ship me their cores (which I desperately need ) because they'll be getting $30 after spending $30).

Any ideas guys? I don't want to overcharge any forum members, but I also want to get decent cores from running vehicles (the cores I've gotten from JY cars have sometimes been full of sludge and it takes hours to clean that crap up).

I haven't tried as of yet, but the w124 chassis seems to have about 10 different steering boxes and I haven't see enough or been able to play with one. Is there any use in trying to reseal and adjust these?

EDIT: has anyone tried installing a w126 box on a w123? I think I'm going to take the last one I have and put it on my DD.

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