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elchivito · #6 07-25-2012, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by aklim

Question is how much do you trust this guy? If it were me, I'd want a 2nd opinion unless he is REALLY trustworthy.

Can you remove the trunk lid carpet, take out the lock and remove the hose and trigger it remotely and see if it sends a vacuum to the lock?

If it gives you any idea, I am driving a 99 E300 and it has about 360K on the clock and the biggest expense has been the body work thanks to the WI salting of roads.

I trust the mechanic, he's worked on our W123 and all of our japanese vehicles and has some high dollar MBZ restorations going on for paying customers. He fixes lots of the ranch trucks hereabout, and just finished doing struts, rear shocks and brakes on my son's Outback. He managed to find a small coolant leak from a line that a mechanic in Flagstaff had told my son was a bad head gasket and "you better replace it now".
The seller is a crook, but the car is on consignment from a local retired geezer couple. I could tease out their names pretty easily, this isn't a big place. All I'd have to do is ask around.
I just got a call from the guy who said if I want to, come and get it and keep it overnight. I could easily get a second opinion from another mechanic nearby who is MBZ trained and is generally too expensive for me. An hour's labor wouldn't be too much to pay. I'd have to have the spousal unit drive it and say yea or nay and then proceed from there. I'm reading good things about that car but am a bit leery of all those bells and whistles. I don't need a car to pester me with cluster warnings that an overhead lamp is out.