wagon rear end keeps bouncing (bad shocks)?

Submitted by TD Lover on 17 August 2008 - 10:33pm.

I recently purchased an 82 300 td. When I am driving the rear end bounces up and down. it has fluid in the reservoir.
Thanks

wagon rear end keeps bouncing (bad shocks)?

25 September 2008 - 10:27pm
Real1shepherd

This is classic failure of the self-leveling system. Most probably one or both of the acuators are leaking-they can leak and you can still have fluid. Part of the chamber is nitrogen filled and I believe inside a bladder. Anyway, it's advanced do-it-yourself stuff, but it would be worth looking into given what a dealer would charge you! See if there is a book in here written about just that. From what I read, those are absolute classic MB symptoms.

Kevin