Re: [MBZ] 1994 S500 coupe - 159k miles - $8,850
Angie's '05 VW Golf had that happen on both front springs. On that car the springs are part of the struts which makes compressing the spring even a bit more exciting. I just replaced the entire unit which wasn't a whole lot more expensive than just the spring itself. -Curt On Sunday, June 25, 2023 at 10:37:16 PM EDT, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: The Tommymobile, the 1998 S420 I bought from Tommy in St. Louis, had a broken "tail" on the right front spring. It was the last 2" or so at the bottom where it broke. That was weird, I can only imagine the paint got scratched or something and it corroded and weakened the steel? If you have the correct spring compressor it's not a bad job. -D From: Mercedes on behalf of Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2023 10:31 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Buggered Benzmail Subject: Re: [MBZ] 1994 S500 coupe - 159k miles - $8,850 That’s not too bad, springs aren’t that much, probably not too hard a job --FT Sent from iFōn > On Jun 25, 2023, at 10:17 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > In other words, a money pit. > >> On Sun, Jun 25, 2023, 10:03 PM mitch--- via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >>> On 2023-06-25 21:50, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote: >>> Air or hydraulic shocks? Looks pretty nice but price is high if it >>> needs some expensive parts and has body issues >>> >> >> Probably rear only SLS and broken steel springs up front. >> Both front springs on my 1997 SEL were in 3-4 pieces at about that >> mileage. >> Sedan 500 front springs were made of heavier wire than 300-420 springs, >> I assumed the problem with my 420 was it had 300 springs and thick >> rubber shims with an engine that weighed as much as a 500. >> >> I don't know what spring specifications / part numbers are on the >> coupes. >> >> ___ >> 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 > ___ 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 ___ 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] 1994 S500 coupe - 159k miles - $8,850
The Tommymobile, the 1998 S420 I bought from Tommy in St. Louis, had a broken "tail" on the right front spring. It was the last 2" or so at the bottom where it broke. That was weird, I can only imagine the paint got scratched or something and it corroded and weakened the steel? If you have the correct spring compressor it's not a bad job. -D From: Mercedes on behalf of Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2023 10:31 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Buggered Benzmail Subject: Re: [MBZ] 1994 S500 coupe - 159k miles - $8,850 That’s not too bad, springs aren’t that much, probably not too hard a job --FT Sent from iFōn > On Jun 25, 2023, at 10:17 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > In other words, a money pit. > >> On Sun, Jun 25, 2023, 10:03 PM mitch--- via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >>> On 2023-06-25 21:50, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote: >>> Air or hydraulic shocks? Looks pretty nice but price is high if it >>> needs some expensive parts and has body issues >>> >> >> Probably rear only SLS and broken steel springs up front. >> Both front springs on my 1997 SEL were in 3-4 pieces at about that >> mileage. >> Sedan 500 front springs were made of heavier wire than 300-420 springs, >> I assumed the problem with my 420 was it had 300 springs and thick >> rubber shims with an engine that weighed as much as a 500. >> >> I don't know what spring specifications / part numbers are on the >> coupes. >> >> ___ >> 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 > ___ 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] 1994 S500 coupe - 159k miles - $8,850
That’s not too bad, springs aren’t that much, probably not too hard a job --FT Sent from iFōn > On Jun 25, 2023, at 10:17 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > In other words, a money pit. > >> On Sun, Jun 25, 2023, 10:03 PM mitch--- via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >>> On 2023-06-25 21:50, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote: >>> Air or hydraulic shocks? Looks pretty nice but price is high if it >>> needs some expensive parts and has body issues >>> >> >> Probably rear only SLS and broken steel springs up front. >> Both front springs on my 1997 SEL were in 3-4 pieces at about that >> mileage. >> Sedan 500 front springs were made of heavier wire than 300-420 springs, >> I assumed the problem with my 420 was it had 300 springs and thick >> rubber shims with an engine that weighed as much as a 500. >> >> I don't know what spring specifications / part numbers are on the >> coupes. >> >> ___ >> 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 > ___ 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] 1994 S500 coupe - 159k miles - $8,850
In other words, a money pit. On Sun, Jun 25, 2023, 10:03 PM mitch--- via Mercedes wrote: > On 2023-06-25 21:50, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote: > > Air or hydraulic shocks? Looks pretty nice but price is high if it > > needs some expensive parts and has body issues > > > > Probably rear only SLS and broken steel springs up front. > Both front springs on my 1997 SEL were in 3-4 pieces at about that > mileage. > Sedan 500 front springs were made of heavier wire than 300-420 springs, > I assumed the problem with my 420 was it had 300 springs and thick > rubber shims with an engine that weighed as much as a 500. > > I don't know what spring specifications / part numbers are on the > coupes. > > ___ > 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] 1994 S500 coupe - 159k miles - $8,850
On 2023-06-25 21:50, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote: Air or hydraulic shocks? Looks pretty nice but price is high if it needs some expensive parts and has body issues Probably rear only SLS and broken steel springs up front. Both front springs on my 1997 SEL were in 3-4 pieces at about that mileage. Sedan 500 front springs were made of heavier wire than 300-420 springs, I assumed the problem with my 420 was it had 300 springs and thick rubber shims with an engine that weighed as much as a 500. I don't know what spring specifications / part numbers are on the coupes. ___ 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] 1994 S500 coupe - 159k miles - $8,850
Air or hydraulic shocks? Looks pretty nice but price is high if it needs some expensive parts and has body issues --FT Sent from iFōn > On Jun 25, 2023, at 9:32 PM, mitch--- via Mercedes > wrote: > > On 2023-06-25 20:48, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: >> Looks pretty nice, interior looks clean. "Needs front shocks" >> https://chicago.craigslist.org/nwi/cto/d/worth-1994-mercedes-benz-s500-coupe-w140/7636596221.html > > Looks more like "Broken front springs" to me. > > ___ > 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] 1994 S500 coupe - 159k miles - $8,850
On 2023-06-25 20:48, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: Looks pretty nice, interior looks clean. "Needs front shocks" https://chicago.craigslist.org/nwi/cto/d/worth-1994-mercedes-benz-s500-coupe-w140/7636596221.html Looks more like "Broken front springs" to me. ___ 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
