Hi: My son and I did the struts on the '79 TD about a month ago. I am puzzled by your reference to "special tools". Refitting was a bit tight, but the job went quickly with no special tools.
Greg Fiorentino '85 300SD '80 240D 4 spd. manual '79 300TD (with new crate engine) '95 and '97 Crown Vics '97 F-250HD Crew Cab 7.3 Powerstroke -----Original Message----- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Dillon, Meade M CIV SPAWARSYSCEN-ATLANTIC, 53310 Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 7:29 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: [MBZ] Finally did my 124 wagon hatch struts I think I've had the parts on the shelf for over 3 years now, but got the job done in 1 hour last night. Unlike the 123 wagon, no special tool required. Only two real tricks. (1) to get the struts in/out, need to push the lift gate all the way up. (2) Easiest way to install the pins at the gate pivot is to leave the forward pins (for the body connection) out and do those forward pins last. Next I've got some new SLS spheres to install, and then I'm going to start working on suspension stuff. Max -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20091016/6f 28e75e/attachment.html> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
