Sounds redundundant to me. There isn't a front differential mount.

It's only sounds redundant to someone who doesn't know what they are talking about. I thought I remember you mentioning you once worked on MB cars, maybe not?

On a 124 chassis in addition to the two rear mounts which attach to the differential rear cover, there is a single front differential mount that secures the forward end of the differential, it uses a 8 mm Allen head bolt which connects to a 17 mm nut which resides above it in a channel of the subframe on passenger side of the differential immediately adjacent to the differential's ABS sensor. There are upper and lower rubber disk mounts that sandwich a tab on the differential.

The differential is enclosed in the center assembly, according to the Mercedes workshop manual. As such it has no mounts. Using the term "differential" to describe other than the part the ring gear bolts to is a common error among neophytes. Furthermore, there is only one differential in the subject car, at the rear of the car. There is none at the front.

Semantics! Just admit it you don't know how the differential's "center assembly" is secured to the subframe! You though you where getting in a cheap shot and only exposed your own shortcomings.

I clearly spoke to the parts reference as "commonly referred to"

It is interesting that when you attempted to take your cheap shot you failed to mention your nomenclature objection when you only claimed redundancy when arguing there where no "front differential mounts"!

If you where consistent regarding the nomeclature you would have refered to the assembly in question as the "center assembly" in your previous posts to this thread rather than as the "final drive" which you did twice!

As this thread is of a technical nature regarding the actual parts of the original poster's vehicle and you have already removed any doubt as to the extent of your lack of firsthand knowlege regarding the arrangement of those parts; I'm going to cease embarrassing you as long as you cease to embarrass yourself. In the interest of the actual concerns of the original poster and the repair operation in question let's agree to confine further commentary to the circumstances in question. The poster is no doubt more interested in repairing his vehicle than your "attempted food fight"!

I'm sure you can find something I'll post elsewhere to be disagreeable with and vent your vitriol.