That sure sounds like a dry pivot , maybe ball joint , maybe tie rod end .
Could be just the upper A Arm bushing needs some Rubber Lube or silicone sprayed into it .
-Nate
--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, Aleph93 <aleph93@...> wrote:
>
> Dean,
>
> It's hard to follow the indy film, I was waiting for a gremlin or
> something to jump out.
> Does that sound occur both when turning the wheel and when just pushing
> up and down on the car?
> Just to check the easy things first, hows the ATF level and color in the
> power steering pump, and how about belt tension?
>
>
> Rob
> '85 300D
> Garden Grove, CA
>
> On 7/12/11 1:15 AM, diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> > '83 300D Suspension noise. with video. '83 300D Suspension noise. wi
> > Posted by: "Dean Chandler"deanstud@... deanstud
> > Date: Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:23 pm ((PDT))
> >
> > Link to video
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqOh1q8J1zM&feature=youtube_gdata
> >
> > My wife came home and told me the car was making a weird noise. I went
> > out to look and OMG that is the most awful noise I have ever heard from
> > a car.
> >
> > The video pretty much enplanes it all. Its last "LOF" was about 4k miles
> > ago, I don't know how much L is included in the LOF, but it was at a non
> > dealer Mercedes Benz friendly shop, where the car was always serviced
> > before I got it.
> >
> > Also, as said in the video, the "front end" was rebuilt @ 298k miles in
> > 10/09.
> >
> > upper/lower control arms/bushings, tie rods, idler arm.
> > __________________
> >
> > -- -Dean E. Chandler '86 SDL '83 300D -=KE7TWY=- Cornelius, Oregon
> > deanstud@...
>
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