Hubi

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That explains a lot.

You didn't miss it, it's a 1991 W124.

Haha no worries - the spring looks like this when it's installed:

There is a lot of stress on the upper part because the entire weight of the car is resting on the springs. So over the years, cracks can form in the welds that attach the mount to the frame and moisture gets in and rust starts to form without being immediately visible. I just removed the underbody coating to treat the rust spots I could see, but it seems I was too late - it's already rusted through.

Source?

"Wurde mein Antrag bewilligt?"

"Computer sagt nein"

The latest info on the 18 North Korean deserters is that they were stationed in a forest without any command or supplies for 4 days and left their post because the alternative was starvation. They were picked up by the Russians soon after.

Ich weiß nicht ob es das jetzt besser oder schlimmer macht

Ich hab vorhin nicht dran gedacht und wurde von der Error-Seite begrüßt. Hab nach dem frischen feddit-Trauma einen halben Herzinfarkt bekommen.

Thank you, though I think I'll leave this one to the professionals. My guess is that a crack formed along the side of the mount and the previous owner just welded a piece on top. You can kind of see the spots in a few places. There was zero thought put into conserving the metal below, so it just kept rusting from the inside.

it looked fine but couldn’t keep the wheels straight

Damn, that's pretty advanced rust. What happened to the Mazda?

I think I got lucky, it seems that there's enough material left to patch up the frame and weld a new spring mount on. The car is pretty solid otherwise but discovering this was not exactly a good feeling after driving it at 180 km/h on the Autobahn just the week before.

Sadham Hussein