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I need to change my glow plugs on my 3.0v6cdi but cant bring myself to do it for fear of them snapping!! how proned are these for snapping i have heard all sorts of scary stories but unsure if they were refering to the straight 6 diesel. Anyways i know they need done anyone got a list of things...

Hi On my silver W124 estate the front ARB bracket on the drivers side keeps snapping. I've replaced it 3 times now. The 1st time I put it down to age and replaced the rubber bushes at the same time with MB parts. 2nd time i put it down to duff replacment (non-MB but MELEE branded) and...

W124 230CE, last week the front anti roll bar bracket on the drivers side snapped clean in the middle. Any idea as to why this happened? As its abit of a mystery to me. Could it be that the tracking is off and the wheels are toed out?

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Just has a customer contact me. Last night his 211 snapped both front springs and set the alarm off in the middle of the night just parked up outside his house standing still. The car is undriveable and needs to be recovered. This is not an uncommon issue and the second car that I have heard...

Hi all, The repair of my C250D continues to be an enigma to me :confused: Today I went to fit the reconditioned head with a new gasket set, all was fine until I wen to torque down the bolts - I progressively went in sequence tightening the bolts 4/5 times with the (new) torque wrench set...