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Midland Car Spares aka http://autopartstechnik.co.uk are pretty competitve for ZF group stuff (Lemforder, Sachs, Boge etc), http://www.skscarparts.co.uk/suspension-shock-absorber-106-878-sachs.html?search=1243202131 is another always worth checking too

The bolt pitch is 1.5mm in this case i.e. 1 full turn moves the fastener 1.5mm Thread engagement length depends on loads of stuff but very generally is typically an absolute min of 0.8d (0.8 x major diameter). That's in the case of a matching nut* and bolt i.e. same strength class and with the...

Trying to get served aside not personally as they've been at the bottom of the list of places i'd buy from years because i've got no time for their stupid marketing/fake sales. Doubt i've bought more than the odd oil filter and some brake cleaner off them in years and that was only because...

Dunno the various tyres that MB fitted when these were new (Michelin mxv3a were one suspect) but it's a fair bet to say that none of them exist today or, if they do, the only thing they'll share with tyres from back in the day are model name and maybe tread pattern? Dunno if he still does and...

The first eurocrap link (sport suspension) includes an MB part # A2033202989. Google that and you'll find the going rate for Lemforder (31360 01) is nearly half the <cough> "discounted" <cough> price from euro crap for example https://www.onlinecarparts.co.uk/lemforder-7016134.html or 31360...

While they're seperate the power steering and SLS systems share a 'tandem' pump i.e. two seperate resevoirs and pumps within one body. There's a shear pin within the pump which acts as a built in weak link should one side of the pump seize due to lack of fluid or whatever. Damaging/killing the...

Same thing happens if you reapply wax based protection (like you're supposed to regularly, see the link i posted)... the solvents in the 'fresh' wax will effect/at least partially dissolve what's left of the old stuff because the solvents are necessary to thin it enough for application. Same...

If you're happy with the worm drive clip and it's not leaking i'd leave it be. While one of the main benefits of oetiker clamps or clic-r hose clamps to car manufacturers might be speed they are waaaaaaaaaay superior to worm drive clips IMO and provide a much more even clamping action...

Bitumen and wax based systems are sometimes mixed for example https://www.smithandallan.com/documents/SDSHM126%20Hammerite%20Waxoyl%202.pdf but generally are used in slightly different ways... waxes are injected/sprayed inside of box sections/panels and anywhere else that can't be reached by...

Both but i'd have guessed it'd be more of an issue at the bottom corners (more/bulkier stuff to catch) than the top? Not one i've experienced personally, rebuilt/serviced several w124 mono wipers but all of them were just very sluggish/partly seized Dunno if it's even possible to fit a wiper...

Click the settings 'cog' third in from bottom right and it gives quality and speed options Slow down the OPs vid to 0.25 speed and look at the bottom left corner. Don't get a full view but from what is shown of the unswept portion in the lower middle of the windscreen the pattern is wrong...

As Dec can we have another vid (or some pics) from the outside with a wider view... current vid is too tight of a shot to be sure* but looks to me like the eccentric part of the mechanism is broken/stuck at full extension * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM-wbvRChfs the streaks on the screen...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DTQEDt7-DU or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q9_UnsXcVY Both have the oil cap in the rocker/valve cover like the m102 engine in a 230te. Neither or them are chucking any significant amounts of oil let alone... Unless someone was revving the engine like a...

Are you 100% sure a spring hasn't broken right near the end? The coil springs set the basic ride height, the SLS system adds refinement and can raise the back to compensate for heavy loads but it can't lower it as such... gravity does that when the SLS valve moves to the discharge position...

If it's not burning oil then probably a blocked/gunged up crankcase breather system. If it is burning oil and you just didn't notice then the crankcase breather could just be overwhelmed due to excessive blow by although the breathers are still pretty much guarenteed to be partly gunged up i.e...

What's wrong with your origional altermator? It was getting on for 10 years ago but i had the origional on my 320te rebuilt by my local battery & alternator specialists for not much more than £50. It popped a diode again last year and i bought a used Bosch off the bay for ~ £20 and slung that in...

Remembered there's a WIS page for it http://www.w124performance.com/service/w124CD1/Program/Engine/103/20-4270.pdf I suspect a lot of them get broken when leaning in to change other hoses/get at other bits of engine? The elbow on mine had been broken and bodged back together with silicone RTV...

No one's gonna be accidentally gassed by CO2 and not notice* unless they were already out cold. It was carbon monoxide (CO) [/pedantic] Doesn't make it any less sad but having just taken my daily cynical pill i reckon more had been done to that car than just a decat, leaking exhaust and holes...

Part # a0005000894 is the elbow complete with new O-ring, should be less than a fiver from MB. Google will get you pics, it's held in by tangs on the elbow itself which might be at fault if they've gotten tired/were damaged by previous hamfistedness. To remove the existing elbow (whether to...

FWIW the genuine MB coolant (dyed blue) is G48... http://www.worldpac.com/tagged/MBZ_ANTIFREEZE_G48.pdf Back in the day when these cars were current MB stuff was usually dyed yellow and based on the G05 recipe. Both flavours appear multiple times in the mb325.0 coolant specification*...