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Originally Posted by Sopicki
The amp is located under the steering column and to the left. It cost $140 to rebuild by Proforma, $15 shipping and comes with a 3 year warranty. I've attached 2 pics of my amp before I sent it to proforma to be rebuilt. I pulled the amp and tried the resolder that many have written about on this and other forums, but it did no good so off it went to the pro's.
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Whoa! I'm fairly certain that the rebuilders won't warranty an amp that has been 're-soldered' by anyone other than them, prior to the re-build, nor will they accept a re-soldered amp as a core trade-in. If this is not correct, please let us know.
I have re-soldered the amp in my '85 380SE twice, and both times, it has been about 90% functional for the spring/summer/fall seasons that I use the car, only on long road trips though. It does seem to get buggered up from sitting unused for awhile, maybe the extended sub-zero temps of a Canadian winter aren't easy on those solder joints, I dunno.
The amp in my '86 560SL doesn't work at all, so now I'm debating a re-solder or send it off like you did for a 'pro' rebuild. I'd really like to hear how you make out on the warranty, as a shot at re-soldering myself is worth it if I can still get them to rebuild it later if it doesn't work.....