Re: [MBZ] Leaking front shocks
Just be sure to get the southern hemisphere shock variant with the compressed gases circulating in a counter clockwise rotation On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 12:24 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Good to hear from you again! As others have mentioned, nothing else will > give your 123 the original handling. Buy Bilstein "comfort" shocks. These > are the OE replacement. > > What takes you to the antipodes? Yeah, I know, a plane. > > Euan Kennedy via Mercedes wrote: > >> Greetings from the Antipodes >> >> It’s nice to be rejoining the community. Great to see familiar names here. >> >> One of my 300TD’s front shocks is weeping fluid. This is an automatic >> fail in our Warrant of Fitness system. So, after 222K miles, I’m picking >> that the original Bilsteins are due for replacement. I’m kinda pleased >> about that - I’ve felt for a while that the front end has been lacking its >> original stiffness and stability. >> >> Do you veterans stick with Bilsteins or are there perfectly good >> alternatives these days? >> >> Cheers >> >> Euan >> >> 1985 300TD 5-spd manual >> 222K km >> >> >> > > ___ > 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 > > ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Leaking front shocks
Good to hear from you again! As others have mentioned, nothing else will give your 123 the original handling. Buy Bilstein "comfort" shocks. These are the OE replacement. What takes you to the antipodes? Yeah, I know, a plane. Euan Kennedy via Mercedes wrote: Greetings from the Antipodes It’s nice to be rejoining the community. Great to see familiar names here. One of my 300TD’s front shocks is weeping fluid. This is an automatic fail in our Warrant of Fitness system. So, after 222K miles, I’m picking that the original Bilsteins are due for replacement. I’m kinda pleased about that - I’ve felt for a while that the front end has been lacking its original stiffness and stability. Do you veterans stick with Bilsteins or are there perfectly good alternatives these days? Cheers Euan 1985 300TD 5-spd manual 222K km ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Leaking front shocks
Great to hear from you! -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Leaking front shocks
Yes, only Bilsteins. On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 6:13 PM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Die Bilsteins oder Nichts. > > Dwight Giles Jr. > Wickford RI > > On Jun 15, 2018 7:02 PM, "Euan Kennedy via Mercedes" < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > Greetings from the Antipodes > > It’s nice to be rejoining the community. Great to see familiar names here. > > One of my 300TD’s front shocks is weeping fluid. This is an automatic fail > in our Warrant of Fitness system. So, after 222K miles, I’m picking that > the original Bilsteins are due for replacement. I’m kinda pleased about > that - I’ve felt for a while that the front end has been lacking its > original stiffness and stability. > > Do you veterans stick with Bilsteins or are there perfectly good > alternatives these days? > > Cheers > > Euan > > 1985 300TD 5-spd manual > 222K km > > > > ___ > 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 > ___ > 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 > > -- OK Don *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] Leaking front shocks
Die Bilsteins oder Nichts. Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Jun 15, 2018 7:02 PM, "Euan Kennedy via Mercedes" wrote: Greetings from the Antipodes It’s nice to be rejoining the community. Great to see familiar names here. One of my 300TD’s front shocks is weeping fluid. This is an automatic fail in our Warrant of Fitness system. So, after 222K miles, I’m picking that the original Bilsteins are due for replacement. I’m kinda pleased about that - I’ve felt for a while that the front end has been lacking its original stiffness and stability. Do you veterans stick with Bilsteins or are there perfectly good alternatives these days? Cheers Euan 1985 300TD 5-spd manual 222K km ___ 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 ___ 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
[MBZ] Leaking front shocks
Greetings from the Antipodes It’s nice to be rejoining the community. Great to see familiar names here. One of my 300TD’s front shocks is weeping fluid. This is an automatic fail in our Warrant of Fitness system. So, after 222K miles, I’m picking that the original Bilsteins are due for replacement. I’m kinda pleased about that - I’ve felt for a while that the front end has been lacking its original stiffness and stability. Do you veterans stick with Bilsteins or are there perfectly good alternatives these days? Cheers Euan 1985 300TD 5-spd manual 222K km ___ 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
