would a 2toner be ok for raising it onto axle stands?

 

A 2 or 3 ton floor jack works fine. You can only lift one corner at a time as there really isnt any support point that is suitable to lift the entire front or rear axles at the same time.

 

would 4x4 wood be good enough for her to sit on ... one of my jack points came off when i rode a curb with adverse camber

 

There's an engine cross-member jack point for the front and the differential for the back. Please read attached file. I find it's got very valuable information on how to properly raise our well engineered cars and protect our integrity as well.

Cheers

 

That article seems to address the W211 (and other models) but doesn't discuss teh W210. Is it applicable?

I have never been tempted to lift mine by its light weight cross member or its diff or subframe.

MB does make a metal rod with ~4" dia welded plate that can be inserted into the factoy jack tubes. Using them allows the floor jack to be out from under the car and for jack stands to then be placed beneath the factory jack pads.

 

Yes, it does apply to W210. The author is a poster in another Mercedes forum. He and I communicated before he wrote the article. Since he only has a W211 E320 and SLK at the time, I confirmed to him about W210.

In the picture shown, you can see I jacked up the whole front of the car with a single jack (a large 3.5 ton jack) at the center of the cross member. There is a rectangular rubber/plastic pad (just like the four other pads on the sides of the car). You can barely see the two wheels of the large jack in between the two tires.

It does requires a low profile jack to fit under the belly panels or you need to drive the car onto a 2x10 or somesuch first. In my case, I use a small floor jack to lift the car just a bit, then use the large jack to lift the whole front, and then slide the ramps under the tires.

 

Thats interesting Lou. Mine was missing a jack pad when I got it and def does not have a center pad at the crossmember.

Will ask some other diesel friends if theirs has that pad to determine if mine is missing or if perhaps it is not applicable to all W210's (e.g: diesels).

 

I just looked up for your 99 E300TD. It does have one and the part number is 0029973286. You can see if there is a small hole at the center of the cross member. The part is a expansion plug.

When I got my 03 wagon, all four side jack pads were missing and I had to buy 4. I bet the previous owner did not like the black look so he took them off.

 

I was under the car the other day when renewing the coolant; now I know what that rectangle pad is for!

 

Hmmmm...have had this car for 5 yrs and 160k miles and have spent countless hours above and below it...not once did I suspect there was a pad missing there.

Thanks Lou.

 

cheers guys turned out to be helpfull theard ... that jackstand PDF should be sticky

 

gr8 just saw that I dont have the cross member jacking mount, and both my front ones are gone grr Do I have to do it with the proper mounts really cant afford the never ending river of things to get this car sorted out

 

wow i got hold of the coolest big *** low profile sissor jack
looks like it could lift a beast of a mobile