[W126 Coupe] rear sway bar links

[Jonathan]

Hello Hugh,

Yes, we have them...we also have the potentiometer available.  You do 
need to remove the cluster but it's not difficult.

Jonathan
404 805 1357

Hugh MacGregor wrote:

>

> Hi Jonathan

>  

> My coupe is 1986 vintage, I guess I'll go the SLS ram/rear shock 

> buffers(new,thicker type).

> Do you stock Them ?  Also the potentiometer for the dash lights, is 

> this a instrument panel out fix?

>  

> Thanks again

>  

> Hugh MacGregor

> hugh587 at hotmail.com <mailto:hugh587 at hotmail.com>

>

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>     Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:28:50 -0400

>     From: jhodgman at gmail.com

>     To: mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com

>     Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] rear sway bar links

>

>     Hugh,

>     What year is your coupe?  If it's 87 or earlier you have a

>     different style rear suspension.  If you do have clunking over

>     bumps try swapping out your SLS ram/rear shock buffers for the

>     new/thicker replacements.

>

>     The potentiometer for the lights does often fail...some have had

>     luck cleaning them, but I have had limited success often finding

>     them simply worn out..thus new is the answer.

>

>

>     Jonathan

>

>     Hugh Ma

>     cGregor wrote:

>

>

>         Hi All !

>          

>         I just read Chet Hwilka's great description "how to fix things

>         that go bump"  I jacked up my 1986 560sec , Lo' and behold, I

>         don't seem to have these sway bar links. All I can see is a

>         torsion bar connecting the rear hubs to the SLS switch. Am I

>         looking in the right place ?  Also I seem to have lost my

>         instrument panel lights, The fuses all look good - I'm

>         wondering if the instrument light dimmer switch/ odometer

>         cancelling switch is gone south! And if so, what's the fix!

>         Thanks in advance for any help .

>          

>         Hugh MacGregor

>

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>             From: chwilka at comcast.net <mailto:chwilka at comcast.net>

>             To: mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com <mailto:mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>

>             Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:21:43 -0400

>             Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] rear sway bar links

>

>             http://mywebpages.comcast.net/chwilka/things_that_go_bump_in_the_rear.htm

>

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>             [mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com] *On Behalf Of

>             *Markus Meyer

>             *Sent:* Friday, September 28, 2007 11:17 AM

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>             *Subject:* [W126 Coupe] rear sway bar links

>

>              

>

>             Hi guys,

>

>              

>

>             Can someone point me to how to replace the rear sway

>             bar/stabilizer links?  I looked through the 126 CDs and no

>             explicit section for that.  I see the obvious connection

>             at the top of the link to the sway bar with the nut to

>             remove and take off there.  But on the bottom, it seems to

>             connect somehow to the hub/wheel housing and I can't tell

>             how?  Is it just screwed in there with the threads so

>             after taking the top off you unscrew it at the bottom? 

>             Or, is there a nut hidden somewhere I can't get to which

>             needs to come off - meaning the whole hub has to come

>             apart?  I can't image its that difficult.

>

>              

>

>             Any tips on doing this so nothing gets stripped in the

>             process - like prelubing the connections or using special

>             tools, etc?

>

>              

>

>             Thanks in advance,

>

>             Markus Meyer

>             mfm at meyerprobateproperties.com

>             <mailto:mfm at meyerprobateproperties.com>

>             www.meyerprobateproperties.com

>             <http://www.meyerprobateproperties.com/>

>             Meyer Probate & Properties, LLC

>             484-919-9762

>

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