My point was usually the internet is full of car parts and the clutch kits were reletively few. I'm wondering if a shop will accept customer supplied parts.

I also have a theory to what I consider a premature failure of the slave. This is the second time this has happened. I had a 190E 2.6 with a 5 speed I bought with about 70,000 miles on it, and from what I knew about the history I'm pretty sure it always went to the dealer for service. But when I was flushing the hydraulics it was obvious the clutch had never been bled, the bleed valve and port were were plugged and what did come out was really dirty. That clutch slave failed at roughly the same age. I'm thinking, since Mercedes sticks are so rare dealers don't think to bleed the clutch. I'm going to bounce that theory off the dealer and see if it gets me anywhere.

And I got my 2000 posts!