Euan wrote:
Thanks Richard. Yes, I thought the silence was ominous.
The replacement is necessary because our Warrant of Fitness authorities
deem any leak of hydraulic fluid from suspension systems as an automatic
'FAIL'. Invoking Mercedes leak-tolerances falls on deaf ears. Worse
still, the FAIL is registered nationally on the WOF computer system so
that I cannot take the wagon elsewhere (a back-country mechanic, for
instance) for a more sympathetic re-test.
The lower strut mounts on my wagon are dripping hydraulic fluid, though
the reservoir is not noticeably short of the stuff. The evidence
suggests strongly that the struts are leaking. Having obtained
replacements from Australia (a little closer than Rusty's supply shop),
I'll be hugely irritated if the leaks originate elsewhere.
The struts cost me $350 Australian ouch, (sorry, each). That scandalised
SWMBO and brought conjugal access to an abrupt halt; but it was
substantially better than the $NZ1100 each quoted here by the MB
franchise in NZ.
I don't have an MB service manual unfortunately. That's why I have to
keep pestering you erstwhile chaps.
This section of the service manual doesn't directly show what needs to
be done, but there's enough information to be useful.
http://www.bruckmann.com/32-501.pdf
Marshall
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Marshall Booth Ph.D.
Ass't Prof. (ret.)
Univ of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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