Describe a repair you made that u are especially proud of...

[Carrameow]

When I went to change the blower motor on my 87 W124 300D , I heard all kinds of terrifying stories about the Fan Cages and I was told to order the motor with new fan cages by everyone on line.
Even the dealer mechanic said he had tried 4 or 5 times and always screwed them up. He saidd,"Dont try, its not worth the frustration" and that he had thrown away amost $700 worth of motors trying..
You can bet that at 45, I certainly listen now, and that was my plan until Mrs. Carrameow, my Automotive Financial Affairs Director, told me otherwise.(She has assumed control after I pleaded with her to help me cure my OCD D=Diesel)
She said at least, try!
Well to make a short story long, I used a simple 2 jawed gear puller with a slotted washer ( to protect the hubs) to take the fan cages off in 15 minutes!
However there was a slight Creative hitch, maybe not Genius, and maybe more Desperation. To get the gear puller jaws enough room to fit, I had to use a Hi Speed Grinder to literally (arrrgh) carve up the old motor, bearing holders, housing, stator and windings all until all that was left was the shaft with the fan blades on them. It was very ugly but simple. Believe me this is a HEAVILY BUILT Motor as I sonn found out, and it took the grinder some 30 minutes to slice it up...
BTW The fan plades were easily tapped on the new motor with a 13 mm tall socket and some Vaseline.and they didnt vibrate one bit..The Day was uneventful UNTIL--I took a huge Nick out of my Finger trying to see if the Driver Side Fan Blade is actually exposed to the atmosphere by innocently sticking my finger down into the housing on the drivers side.$%*! That hurts.watch it! Those blades will take your finger off..I am typing this with a bandaid on my typing finger ( Yes i am a one fingered typist that wont be gone for another week..

[kmaysob]

doing all of my own body work,re-sheet metaling the rear wheel wells,spraying my own primer out of a spray gun,changing the left rear trailing arm myself. and any of the repaires done. i have owned it a little over a year and it has never seen a shop since.

[123]

i topped it up with oil by my self

[odie]

built my own trailer hitch

[michael cole]

ive done a driveway rebuild on a 617 turbo.complete overhaul.that was 5yrs and 60kkms ago.still running great

[tesavage]

I replaced the oil cooler lines in my '82 300D in three hours. After reading all the horror stories about stripped oil cooler threads and drowning La Brea-style in oil while fighting all those complex bends, everything just happened without complications. I did the B2 piston with the transmission in the car, too.

But I've been working on the water pump in my girlfriend's Taurus for three days now, and it still won't go back together properly Fortunately this is okay with her as she can keep driving the TDI...

Tom

[stayalert]

I changed a holed oil pan in my dirt driveway in a swirling snowstorm the day before Thanksgiving 2 yrs ago...That was with a VW TDI thou....I don't own a MB.....YET
Rob M concord, MA

My fav was driving from MA to NC one Spring break.....My trucks alternator died and my Girlfriend and I slept in the truck alongside the NJ turnpike. I woke up in the morning assembled my bicycle and rode to a gas station to borrow a few tools, I then rode back to the car removed the alternator and went to get a replacement. I was sitting on the stoop when the parts shop opened....the parts guy sent a runner to get the correct alternator...When the runner came back he opened the box on the counter and looked inside and looked at me and said "uh oh"......pause..."wrong one"....pause JUST KIDDING!!! funny guy that parts guy....anyhow I was psyched to get going again with what turned out to be a pretty minimal delay

[83-240D]

Originally Posted by 123

i topped it up with oil by my self

ohhh yeah and i took out the fuel tank and cleaned it and put it back.

Stopping all the leaks...........for a while anyway!

Built a VW bug from the ground up.
Doing it again.

The benz? Um...Hardest so far...trade off between oil cooler lines and exhaust manifold...