Hans said>
"What I was told is if you push the bumper down and let go, it should come
up
and stay there. If it bounces up and down - needs new shocks."
Not always the case. I did this test on my 1977 300D. Passed with flying
colors, when I did the push test. But still drove like trash. Had old
monroe shocks on it. Changed to Bilestiens. Best thing I ever did.
Regards Tom Scordato
Bellefonte PA
1977 300D
1979 240D
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hans Neureiter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mercedes mailing list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 12:07 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Rear Shock Absorbers
What I was told is if you push the bumper down and let go, it should come
up
and stay there. If it bounces up and down - needs new shocks.
Hans Neureiter, Houston, TX
'82 300SD, '95 E300D
On 12/13/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
How do you know when to replace the shocks ? Does anybody ever just keep
the orginals ?--
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