What is a reasonable amount of time to change these?

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

MTBF or MTTR?

Sixto
87 300D

My 276k mile still has the original struts.

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Jim

They are not hard to replace, I did them on my W124 in about 30 mins per side. They only had about 135k at the time and were 90% dead.

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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-
'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

takes me about 1 tops on both sides. But as said - these struts are extremely durable - remove them and pump them up and down for about 40 cycles, now get a bathroom scale and put it on it.

Press the strut about 4 inches on the piston, measure the scales - it should show nearly 50 lbs for a new strut, and about 25 or 28 lbs for a shot strut.

In some cases jarry response is also due to bad ball joints.

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2012 BMW X5 (Beef + Granite suspension model)

1995 E300D - The original humming machine (consumed by Flood 2017)
2000 E320 - The evolution (consumed by flood 2017)

Thanks guys! They bottom out easily. They feel shot. 234,000 miles.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.