I would defer to Gary's advice, as one of the last things I bought form Rusty was a set of motor mounts for the W140. I was insistent that I have OEM part, as the motor mounts in the W140 are notoriously nasty to replace.
I got what I was told were Lemforders, but I now know they were Chinese knockoffs. They have already started to collapse, and they're barely a year old. URO is bad news all the way, and you'll find them to be plentiful and cheap. This was one of the rare instances I deviated from my "always buy rubber parts from the dealer" commitment. I'lll never do that again. Dan On Jun 15, 2014, at 5:33 PM, Scott Ritchey <ritche...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > I don't know the brands. > Back when I was less discriminating (8+ years ago) I bought a lot of stuff > on ebay. The "new" SD motor mounts were not an improvement but several > rubber bits that I installed in my 79 TD were great; it rode like a new car. > Some comments here (esp from Gary) make me wonder if it would be smart to > replace 30+ year old OEM suspension rubber or am I better off with the old > stuff. In any case, I think I will need to do the flex disks and probably > the center bearing support. Unfortunately, the 82 SD gets little use but > that fortunately that gives me plenty of time to decide and act. > Scott > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Mitch >> Haley >> Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2014 9:07 AM >> To: Mercedes Discussion List >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - VW and Krupp woes --- >> >> Scott Ritchey wrote: >>> On a semi-related note, is good-quality rubber still available for >>> rebuilding suspensions or have the Chinese and environmentalists >> eliminated >>> that? I seem to recall replacing some MBZ OEM rubber bits with new and >> the >>> new degraded quickly. >> >> What were the new, Uro, Febi, Boge/Sachs, OE? >> >> Mitch. >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those >> individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner >> has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has > no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
