[W126 Coupe] control arm and motor mount replacement?

[mavris2 at comcast.net]

I would take the car and have the mounts done.  its like 275, and not worth 
loosing a hand!
I replaced the rear trailing arm in the rear or as you call it the "control 
arm."   If your have the hydraulic suspension system your in for a real 
treat!  I've done both, convention and with the hydraulic system.
You can email me off the list for more detailed instructions if your going 
to do it yourself and or what's involved.  Mavris2 at comcast.net

Its possible to do this in your garage but you'll need to be able to jack 
the car up use jack stands and have two  pump jacks on had. You could 
probably get by with one.

And YES you NEED TO STOP DRIVING THE CAR for risk of it breaking while 
driving ! ! !  You could kill someone or yet yourself it its lets go.

Jason

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shayegan, Richard" <rishayegan at davidson.edu>
To: <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 5:06 PM
Subject: [Norton AntiSpam] [W126 Coupe] control arm and motor mount 
replacement?


Just got back from the tech (boy what a difference fresh brake fluid makes. 
Now my pedal actually stops the car without having to go past the half way 
mark). I always have him look things over, and here are two things he found: 
left rear control arm is rusted about half way through (this started about 
12 years ago...and at that time the dealership my dad used to take the car 
to told us how we needed to change it ASAP or face certain destruction) and 
the motor mounts are broken. He said the control arm is at the point where I 
might want to start looking for a good used arm to stick in and that while 
the motor mounts are broken, it doesn't seem to bother anything (runs like 
butter) so I shouldn't bother replacing them. Are motor mounts a big deal to 
replace? How about the control arm? I'm moderately able, but I don't have 
things like an engine lift and such, and I can't lift the car in the garage 
unless I use ramps because it isn't wide enough to get my jack in place.
Thanks,
Richard
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