Hi Ray ;
I'd replace both springs as mis matched springs can cause serious handling issues without any warning .
I'm curious as to how this broke , maybe you should wait until you see the car to make sure that's the actual issue as I've had many Customers ask for repairs to be done when they didn't know what was wrong and would have been upset if I'da done the repair they asked for when another thing was broken example : " I need the tranny rebuilt " . turned out the muffler had a broken baffle in it that made a loud noise at one specific RPM , even if the car was sitting still .
Another one insisted he needed a whole new clutch when only the brake drum was bad....
Let us know what you find .
-Nate
Ray wrote :
Hello,
Although I have read the posts on this group for years, this is only my second post.
Last year, I posted that my 1983 300CD lost power going up steep hills. This group advised me to replace the filters, which I did. Problem solved.
I am a worker for the United Methodist Church. I work in Prague in the Czech Republic.
I return to the USA each December and stay for about 6 weeks. I remove the car from heated storage and drive it for about 3,000 miles, then place it back in storage.
I just got an email from the storage facility that the front of the car is sagging. Their mechanics believe the driver's front coil spring has broken.
Is this an expensive repair? Should I replace both front springs?
Could this have been a safety issue, if the spring failed while driving?
Am I nuts expecting reliable transportation from a 30 plus year old car under these conditions?
I will certainly appreciate any thoughts.
Ray
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