First Part of my acquiring and repairing a Mercedes 300TD. The car ain't in too bad shape. Rust has invaded the drivers side floor and rocker panels, nothing fatal though it will take some work. ... diesel car mercedes repair welding
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so how many w123s do you have now?
Great looking floor pan repairs. I just went through the same thing with my 1984 300TD, but my repair doesn’t look that nice! Took me about 50 hours to complete the work. How’s the wagon looking these days?
That looks like a wonderful car! It is even a wagon! Lucky buy!
It took a while to get used to the leisurely pace, but I don’t have to hurry anywhere anyhow. The turbo model would be nice. I have work to do on the vacuum system and I think the leak is in the climate control some where. This could be a hobby in itself, 12 valves and more switches than you can count. I’m still learning where the stuff is and the different parts names. I might radically simplify, if I get pissed off! I’ll do a video on it.
I get ya (drat semantics!!) Is sounds better that way too, I agree. How is the TD now? I just bought my ’85 and it’ll be the first older turbo diesel I have owned. (I’m waiting at the curb for it too!!) I’ve gotten spoiled with the newer ones, but nothing can beat the tank-like qualities if the 123!
I used raw sheet metal for the repairs. It is heavier gage steel. The original stamping are nicely engineered, but remember they had to be built on an assembly line so they aren’t optimum. A lot of the stamped in shape has to do with preventing “oil canning”. Since you have more time you can put in a flat sheet with a “L” welded on for stiffening. With the thicker steel you probably won’t need it anyway.
I’m sure Mercedes has schools to train mechanics. They might do it in the factory, but I would think it would slow up the line. Building cars on an automated assembly line and repairing cars in the field are two different things. It is largely a semantic argument, but I prefer “Mercedes authorized” to “factory trained”.
What are they if they’re not factory trained? The technician that works on my ’06 E320 CDI has a certificate from Stuttgart for diesel trainig completion… I call that factory trained. So does MBUSA. Still great cars. I just sold my ’83 240D: Big mistake. Do you have a source for panels or just luck out at wrecking yards? I need to repair my ’85 300TD and am looking but haven’t found anything.
Great Video! Thanks for posting.