Originally Posted by chasinthesun

Its cheaper than $90 an hr mechanic who doubles the parts cost to cover if the shop has to re pull it due to a lemon part.Thats the weight of his experience ,you want to do it yourself ,he will make sure you can ,wait for it,at a cost.He s a business man not your buddy down the street who you borrow his wheel barrel and bring it back in a couple of weeks.Thats real life ,he might sell 1000 videos a yr.if that ,he has to account for overhead ,production cost ,staff and his time to come to that number ,if $40 is what he deems the number he needs to cover those costs its his reality .

Originally Posted by torsionbar

I don't understand all the whiners in here. You have a choice. Nobody's forcing you you do anything. If he's selling something at a price higher than you're willing to pay, the solution is simple - don't buy it.

He sells a high quality product and obviously sells enough to stay in business, so good on him for producing something of value to the DIY Mercedes community.

Originally Posted by marco5

It's not whining - it's discussing a very popular person online, who sells products that we buy. It's important to discuss it. I like his videos honestly and from the sounds of it, he is a very nice individual.

I'll be honest though, the lower oil cooler line post on his site REALLY upset me. He's basically telling his buyers that a Chinese part is made in Germany. See below - and google m ercede$source oil cooler line to see it. He's selling a part we can buy on pelican for $39 for $97 and claiming it's German made. That to me is pretty dirty. To clarify, yes it's the same hose as the trucktek one on pelician, don't fool yourself and think that Kent there is getting it shipped to Germany from trucktek and back to USA. The shipping alone to do that would make the hose $400+ per item.

SEE BELOW FROM HIS SITE:

116 123 617 Turbo Diesel Lower Oil Cooler Hose with Instructions
Store > Engine Products

This high quality hose is being provided to us thru Monark in Germany with cooperation from Trucktec. OM 617 oil cooler hoses are going out of production and are getting more difficult to obtain. We were not happy with the quality of some of the aftermarket hoses we were getting so we approached Monark to help us come up with a solution. This newly manufactured hose is as good as or better than O.E. We believe the quality of the hose material itself and the crimping method is superior and will lead to longer life.