amfcorp. Which compressor are you talking about?

The Sir Tool ($550) will do the following Mercedes bodies. 107,116,123,124,126,129,201,202,210 and 140 as per Oliver Sir of Sir tools.

I do not have the Klann tool (Approx $750) so I'm not quite sure which bodies it will do. Since it is of the same basic design I'm sure that it will do the same cars.

The OTC tool ($219 designed for Ford). I know it will NOT do the 123 as per the instructions ( both plates used, compress the spring and remove it from below. vs only one plate, pull the spring up into the spring perch so you can remove the lower control arm). The spring perch hole is to small to get the unit into the spring center. That is not to say that you could use just one plate and pull the spring up tight into the spring perch.

The unit we are trying to build, That I copied the plate size from Sir Tool would be sized to fit the 123 body. With slight changes in the washer sizes it will also do the 126. the 126 has a 2.5 inch openning at the top vs 1 3/4" on the 123. To make it work you have to build 2 plates( the Sir and Klann tool come with 4 total plates). One size for the front and one for the rear. If you read the post on the alternate coil spring compressor you will see that I made ASSUMPTIONS about the size of the 126 rear springs. At $219 for the OTC tool. If you can make it work on both the front and rear 126 and 123 then you would have something there that will probably work on the majority of the Mercedes!!!

Dave

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