Hello Everyone
Lift points, Mercedes Benz body.
Danger:
Never go under a car without jack stands too support vehicle weight, jacks can and do fail catastrophically every day.

Look for the rubber pads on newer models, if they are missing, get some new pads.
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1985 300SD
1983 300D
1984 190D
2003 Volvo V70
2002 Honda Civic

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While I don't lift my car by those points right near those points further in are big beefy frame members. I go to the first couple inches of the beam to stick a jack under in front leaving anywhere convienent in the rest of the beam free for a safety jack, if I want to lift both front sections at once I use the beam under the motor to center the jack on. I prefer to use at least one safety jack here, especially if I'm working on both sides of the car. In the rear I lift up off of where the rear rubber mount is near the factory jacking tube. I always just stick a piece of 1"x4" pine in my jack cups so that there aren't just four little contact points on the frame.

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Jeff M.
Mercedes W123 DIY pages are now located here.
1983 / 1984 300D Sold
2000 CLK430 Cabriolet ~58k Sold
2005 Avalanche 4x4 ~66k

How about 123 chassis cars ?
I have seen pictures somewhere of a ' weldment' which has a rod that goes into usual jacking tube.... and then goes down under the car with a round deal made for putting a floor jack against it... ( this is my assumption from what it looks like) Can anyone confirm this .... or correct my impression ?

For W123 cars, I prefer to position the floor jack under the front frame rail (improper car grammar since it's a unibody, but I'm not sure what else to call it) or under the rear subframe mount.

When jacking my W123, I use a piece of wood on the jack itself, to prevent marring up the underside of the car. For the front of the 123 I place the jack at the frame beam. For the back I place it at the point where the rear trailing arm is connect to the body.
For the 124 I still use a piece of 1/2 inch thick wood and use the jack pads that came on the car.

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1999 MB SL500 (110,000 mi)
2004 Volvo V70 2.5T (220,000 mi)
2014 Tesla Model S 85 (136,000 mi)
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Those stupid jacks. I took the tire off my w115 body ('75 300D) once. I went inside for a few minutes and when I went out, the car was off the jack and on the ground! That taught me to chock the wheels, but what if my wife needed to change a tire on the side of the road? Poor engineering.

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Michael LaFleur

'05 E320 CDI - 86,000 miles
'86 300SDL - 360,000 miles
'85 300SD - 150,000 miles (sold)
'89 190D - 120,000 miles (sold)
'85 300SD - 317,000 miles (sold)
'98 ML320 - 270,000 miles (sold)
'75 300D - 170,000 miles (sold)
'83 Harley Davidson FLTC (Broken again) :-(
'61 Plymouth Valiant - 60k mikes
2004 Papillon (Oliver)
2005 Tzitzu (Griffon)
2009 Welsh Corgi (Buba)

Give your wife the Merz 800 number (I don't have it handy right now) for Roadside Assistance. They will come and put in fuel, change tire, jump battery.. all for free. If you need major work, they'll tow you to nearest Merz dealer. I've used them more than once. Do not be mislead by people who say the car must be under some sort of warranty, all Mercedes have this service from birth till death.

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Nello Tare

1982 300D (266,001 mi.) looking and running great

Previously owned:
1976 450 SLC
1983 300D
1976 300D
also
1982 Jaguar XJ6 (loved, but gone)

Isn't it 1-800-4Mercedes? I remember the name is longer than the number.

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Jeff M.
Mercedes W123 DIY pages are now located here.
1983 / 1984 300D Sold
2000 CLK430 Cabriolet ~58k Sold
2005 Avalanche 4x4 ~66k

When dialing the MB number, it really comes out as 1-800-FOR-MERC (1-800-367-6372)

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1999 MB SL500 (110,000 mi)
2004 Volvo V70 2.5T (220,000 mi)
2014 Tesla Model S 85 (136,000 mi)
MBCA member

Yup that is right.

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Jeff M.
Mercedes W123 DIY pages are now located here.
1983 / 1984 300D Sold
2000 CLK430 Cabriolet ~58k Sold
2005 Avalanche 4x4 ~66k

The number IS: 800-222-0100 !

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85 300CD Signal Red/Tan sold
83 300D Manganese Brown 109K
97 E420 Midnight Blue 197K sold
98 BMW 328i Vert White 100K, sold
95 BMW 525i White 125K, sold
93 BMW 525iT Red 193K, sold
95 E320 Green Wagon 125K, sold
94 E320 White 127K, sold
85 300SD 156K Grey (Annie), sold
84 300D Lapis Blue 170K (Judy), sold
99 ML 320 Black (lease), 1998 C230 White (lease)
00 Honda S2000 Red (lease)
86 Mercedes 300E (sold)
84 Porsche 911 Red (sold), 1965 Porsche 911 White (sold)

I never heard of that one, is that specifically roadside assistance?

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Jeff M.
Mercedes W123 DIY pages are now located here.
1983 / 1984 300D Sold
2000 CLK430 Cabriolet ~58k Sold
2005 Avalanche 4x4 ~66k

YES, it's in my owner's manual and I used it last month.

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85 300CD Signal Red/Tan sold
83 300D Manganese Brown 109K
97 E420 Midnight Blue 197K sold
98 BMW 328i Vert White 100K, sold
95 BMW 525i White 125K, sold
93 BMW 525iT Red 193K, sold
95 E320 Green Wagon 125K, sold
94 E320 White 127K, sold
85 300SD 156K Grey (Annie), sold
84 300D Lapis Blue 170K (Judy), sold
99 ML 320 Black (lease), 1998 C230 White (lease)
00 Honda S2000 Red (lease)
86 Mercedes 300E (sold)
84 Porsche 911 Red (sold), 1965 Porsche 911 White (sold)

Well I hope the other line will work in that case, because I doubt I'll remember that number. For some reason my 83 has ALL the original paperwork but no owner's manual.

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Jeff M.
Mercedes W123 DIY pages are now located here.
1983 / 1984 300D Sold
2000 CLK430 Cabriolet ~58k Sold
2005 Avalanche 4x4 ~66k

Yes, it still works. The first menu choice on 1-800-For-Merc is roadside assistance.

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Rick Miley
2014 Tesla Model S
2018 Tesla Model 3
2017 Nissan LEAF
Former MB: 99 E300, 86 190E 2.3, 87 300E, 80 240D, 82 204D Euro
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