I'd get a new one and labor is $80/hour. 1) I'm an unhappy camper (unless the little bolt just fell out, not likely) 2) I think I said this - I'm glad this happened now and not in the middle of the desert on my trip that was SUPPOSED to be this weekend - prolly won't happen now, as I will be an indentured servant to Star Motors for the next two months. Chris, Ugh On a lighter note, I can now conjugate 12 German verbs, 2 irregular - whoopee!
Rick Knoble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: IIRC the torsion bar on the 126 chassis is between two firewalls. 12.2 hours may be quite conservative. I don't know what labor rates are, but guessing at say $75 an hour, plus parts ($400 new, $100 used) this will run into some cash. On my 123 I ordered a used one from SoCal (rust-free) for around $75. If you are going with used parts, I would try to get them from the sun belt. TriStar Petes http://www.tristarpete.com/ and Sun Valley Mercedes Dismantlers http://www.mercedesdismantlers.com/ come to mind. Of course, as a first resort, try our list host Kaleb...... Rick Knoble '85 300 CD '87 190 DT _______________________________________ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net Christopher McCann, Squier Park, Kansas City, Missouri -2005 Blue Point Siamese, "Rose" -1992 Volkswagen Golf, diesel, 185K km, "Nanook" -1987 300TD, 151K, "Rotkäppchen" -1985 300SD, 211K, "Wulf" -1976 240D, ?K, "AKP-Wagen" (Alternativen Kraftstoffs Prüfenlastwagen) -1972 Jacobsen 21" Turbo Vent -1971 Case 222 Hydrive, 12HP Kohler, 38" deck, Snowcaster, "One Banger" --------------------------------- Relax. Yahoo! Mail virus scanning helps detect nasty viruses! From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Mar 06 21:36:23 2006 Received: from smtpout.mac.com ([17.250.248.88]) by server5.arterytc5.net with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FGNNP-0000q8-6S for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mon, 06 Mar 2006 21:36:23 +0000 Received: from mac.com (smtpin07-en2 [10.13.10.152]) by smtpout.mac.com (Xserve/8.12.11/smtpout01/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id k26LaLhG020691 for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 13:36:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.2.4] (ip68-2-210-120.ph.ph.cox.net [68.2.210.120]) (authenticated bits=0) by mac.com (Xserve/smtpin07/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id k26LaKvT006755 for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 13:36:21 -0800 (PST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: Chuck Landenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 14:36:18 -0700 To: Mercedes Discussion List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.6 Subject: [MBZ] Here's Beyond Sacrilege........ MB Related X-BeenThere: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.6 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Id: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes_striplin.net.striplin.net> List-Unsubscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: <http://striplin.net/pipermail/mercedes_striplin.net> List-Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 21:36:23 -0000 Hey Y'all.......!!! Here's you chance to own a REAL ONE OF A KIND........ Thank goodness........ Liking this could be dangerous to your health! Take care, Chuck Phoenix AZ 1986 16 Valve 1980 300SD > http://tinyurl.com/ezhpu
