Alright everyone, I own this 1970 220D that has been sitting and sitting and sitting facing the the elements for the longest time at our mechanics shop. He's said he'd get to it and get it done. Well that ended up being about 6 months ago and the car is still rotting away. Interior is immaculate and the body's in great shape. I really just want to get the car up and running.

It's now getting to the point where i'm about to just tow it home and attempt to work on it myself. After all the times of asking the mechanic to get it done, we've got nothing but more months of it sitting there out of it. All I know from the mechanic is that it needs a fuel pump and injectors, possibly the injector lines as well.

If I were to attempt this, with all your help and my dads as well. Would it be possible to get this girl back up and running again? Is this engine that hard to work on? is it DIY-able? We're going to try one last time with the mechanic today and if nothing happens for another week, we'll probably pull'er home. Is this a good idea? or should I wait out until the next ice age for this thing to get done? My mechanic is an amazing, awesome guy, but he's sooooooo busy he just doesn't have time to get to it. That's fine and all, until my car starts paying for it buy drying out and cracking and being in worse condition... What should I do?

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