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origamitect · #1 08-06-2013, 03:59 PM

So, it's been years - like five years - since I have posted, or since I have driven Frau Frankenbenz. She has sat patiently in the garage, weeping fluids waiting for her chance to come back to life. I took her offline because she needed the entire front end rehabbed, and I was in the midst of a divorce and had no place or tools available to work on her. The local euro shop wanted $800 in labor with my parts to do the job. Looking back I should have gone that route, but hey - hindsight is 20/20 right? I instead bought a $600 VW golf, which after some tinkering and adjusting was an OK car to get me back and forth to work over the next 3 years. In the mean time, I met the love of my life, and we got married two years ago March. I ditched the golf, and we bought a used 2004 VW Passat Wagon TDI which has been a wonderful car. Unfortunately, the passat transmission (apparently one of their achille's heels) went out early this summer, and the Passat has been sitting. So my daily driver has been the old faithful 78 scout, but we really need another vehicle - so we're looking at getting Frau Frankenbenz revived and back on the road. I bought the parts 5 years ago - they've been sitting in their baggies in the trunk this whole time. I now have tools, space, and a willing mechanically inclined companion to work on this. I've been out of the Mercedes world all this time - my question is this: Is there a checklist of things to address with a vehicle that has been sitting idle for a couple years? She did move under her own power about 3 1/2 years ago to the current garage spot. I tried turning her over since then, but no luck - cranked but no start. I found dieselxj's thread on his engine - what else? Thanks in advance for your help!