Re: [MBZ] W108 hydraulic compensator to spring swap - springcompressor needed?

2008-02-08 Thread Mitch Haley
Loren Faeth wrote: You need to unbolt the shocks on both sides and let the axles drop. you don't want to mess with a spring compressor for that. Who was it that was looking for a dead compensator to play with? When working, the compensator would seem to be more elegant than SLS. No pump,

Re: [MBZ] W108 hydraulic compensator to spring swap - springcompressor needed?

2008-02-08 Thread andrew strasfogel
Dave, you are making a big mistake. Be patient and you can find a good used compensator on ebay for a couple hundred bucks. I swapped out a spring kit for a compensator on my lovely 111 3.5 coupe and the ride improved enormously, eliminating the harshness. On Feb 8, 2008 9:20 AM, Mitch Haley