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Originally Posted by Scott98
I definitely agree that a Mercedes trained mechanic is better than one who isn't and I will always take my car to a Mercedes trained person when one is available. However, I do most repairs on the car myself and I'm not a factory trained mechanic. I've rebuilt the front end, replaced shocks, installed a rack pin in the injection pump, adjusted my valves and even put a water pump on a 190 2.6 among other things all with the help of just the service manuals. These kinds of jobs aren't difficult and if you have the info in front of you that tells you how to do it, there's no reason you can't. Again, not all repairs on these cars are rocket science. Some are but many aren't.
Scott
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In that car, I needed a couple things and I added a CD changer and it worked. In my 99 C280, I had to have an SDS convice the ECM that a CD changer was needed. There is a huge difference between those 2 cars in the diagnosis. With the 103 engine, all you needed was a dwell meter to set the fuel enrichment. With today's cars, you need more and more tools. Hell, I can't even put a CD changer in my car without the SDS. How am I going to time the injector pump on my car? I have to buy a $250 tool and try figure how to use it and what not.