Needed Maintenance?

[benzonline]

So,

Ive done all recent maintenance a year ago on my 202 including the famous LCA bushings, steering shock, ball joints, coolants...all that good stuff.

I will be doing the brakes soon. The car has 70K on it now, Ive never done the engine mounts for this M111...they are original and lately ive been feeling more of a vibration particularly when the car is cold and in D or R at standstill when its never done it before.

Aswell, this flex disc that everyone is changing, how do I know when it has to be changed?

Not sure what else there is to do on the car. If it aint broke dont fix it right?:)

[Eurosport]

easiest way to tell with the flex disc, is if you come up from normal speed to a stop light, how does the car feel when it slows down right before the stop, does it do the transition smoothly or is there like a feel/bump right before you stop.
does that make sense?

[benzonline]

Ah I see....well with that it depends because sometimes its harsher downshifts then others...usually its the same but mostly the summer I hear a metal "click" sound when I put it into R or when its sometimes downshifting.

It did this since I bought the car at low mileage so I thought nothing of it.

[adamsry]

My understanding of these puppy's is leave them be unless they are cracked or torn. Just periodically inspect them. Evidently if you decide to replace one it is important to have the drive shaft lined up ever so correctly or you will get drive train vibration here it is 90 US to have some one to replace the flex with the part cost excluded so in my opinion it is cost effective to pay someone to do this that knows what they are doing.

[OzC36]

Some info here:

http://www.mercedesshop.com/shopforum/showthread.php?t=121285

http://www.mercedesshop.com/shopforum/showthread.php?t=179661&highlight=differential+swap&page=2

And buy it here:

http://www.autohausaz.com/search/product.aspx?sid=j5h2ck55ld0vvh45qt5ca155&makeid=800016@Mercedes&modelid=1195488@C280&year=1996&cid=flex@flex&gid=7941@Flex%20Disc%20Kit

[benzonline]

Im gonna leave it alone judging by all this....still low mileage