Fitting of self-levelling spheres - anyone know?

[AlisonH]

Please can anyone offer information or advice on fitting a pair of self-levelling spheres of the rear suspension of my old W124 TE?

Have the parts on order, but the maunal seems to be for a saloon version, which doesn't have these parts.

Thanks.

 

[jibcl500]

whats the first six digits on the chassis number 124***
jib

 

[AlisonH]

It is WDB124081... Thanks.

 

[Richard Moakes]

Just done the spheres on the front of my R129

Apart from rusted unions, nuts and bolts it's not rocket science, make sure you have some spare ZH-M fluid. GSF sell it cheaper than the dealers, around £3.50 a litre I think.

The car will lower as you bleed the system prior to fitting them, you must make sure that it is up on ramps and high enough when its on the bump stops not to crush you under it.

Good Luck,

 

[AlisonH]

Under it? I thought they were accessible from under the floor panels inside the rear of the car...? :roll: (Gimme a hoss & cart and I am on more familiar ground! )

 

[Richard Moakes]

Sorry, don't know about your W124 Estate, but on my R129, the fronts were most definitely under the car, the rears are in the spare wheel recess in the boot.

Have a good search on http://www.mercedesshop.com/shopforum loads of SLS info for W124 TE over there.

 

[Bolide]

They're inside the car just behind the rear seat & between the rear arches under a C-shaped panel. The panels is held to the floor with two invisible posidriv screws sunk into the carpet - if it won't come out, that's why

Nick Froome
www.w124.co.uk

 

[AlisonH]

Thanks, Nick.

Next job will be finding room for the rear garden junk currently residing (or living and growing) on top of the said panel!

Finding a broom and a metal detector might be an idea too, because if they are normally invisible screws, they'll be impossible to locate beneath the hay, straw, spilled animal feed, dog hair and other crap currently on the rear carpets.

Someone remarked the other day that I seemed to have everything bar a kitchen sink in the rear - they were almost wrong - there is a kitchen sink unit, if not the sink itself, flatpacked in there right now. :lol: (Well, I always said I needed a workhorse!)