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TheEngineer

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Re: How many of you out there Do ....
« Reply #25 on: February 03, 2018, 03:58:05 »
I have always done my own work. There are advantages: I can schedule so that I am not without wheels. I can do it over when I screw-up. I save lot's of dough. I get to know my vehicles. There is a good feeling when things go right. But often things do not go well: There is a steel tubing from the transmission. It carries transmission fluid to the radiator. It leaks at a fitting underneath the A/C compressor. I can't get to it without pulling the engine. Very frustrating! On my truck I replaced the timing chain and the cylinder head. Now the A/C does not turn on. I have to check every component: switches, the fuse, the relay. They are all buried and I am not so agile anymore. It's a real PITA. I give up and lay and the couch.

specracer

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Re: How many of you out there Do ....
« Reply #26 on: February 03, 2018, 12:14:37 »
Im in the DIY camp too. Ill paint my racecar, but when its time for the SL, I'll prep it, but hand it to a pro for paint.

vintagecoupe

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Re: How many of you out there Do ....
« Reply #27 on: February 06, 2018, 10:27:17 »
I see this as a hobby and a nice distraction from office work all day ;-)
so apart from paint and upholstery jobs and machinery work on block and head, i try do as much of the work by myself...

for me it all started in 2008 with this lovely W111 coupé which after some (minor & mayor) fixes endend up quite nicely...

So from that point i restored another w111, a w108 and eventually ended with a W113, 280SL, long desired (at least from my side ;-), barn find....

with a lot of help, by the way from this forum, honestly speaking a bit more "hands on" than others, very good and always appreciated...

cheers and thanks,
Andreas
'65 250SE W111 coupe
'68 280SL W113

 

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