lady I've known for years buys a 94 e300
she had a friend work on the car, and he screwed it up.
he was just changing the brakes... he separated the calipers... fluid everywhere, and can't make it stop.
I told her since the factory crush seals are broken, she needs either used pulls from the yard, or a PAIR of rebuilt calipers. only one is leaking, but a rebuilt will have a larger bore on one side, causing an imbalance in stopping...
the guy knows a shop that's "full of experience" and has never heard of matching calipers... I asked if they were familiar with 4 piston mercedes calipers?
whatever, she's driving the car to this shop and having them fix it their way... oh yeah, the cars brakes don't work well, and they are not picking up the car, they are making her drive the car to them...
that's not all with the car...
radiator hose has a hole in it...
radiator (expansion tank) cap is completely disintegrated...
overflow hose is dry rotted and toast.
secondary pump hole in the washer fluid tank has a stove bolt stuck in it...
etc...

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1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 560SL convertible
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1987 300TD
2005 Dodge Sprinter 2500 158"WB
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