The automotive "OMG it costs HOW much to fix this?!" thread.

[clarkz71]

Originally Posted by I~LUV~Caddys8792

And Chad, if you ever need an evaporator done on your W140, fly me in
and we can do it over a weekend. About 8 hrs working time.

[Playdrv4me]

Im all for it. Im pretty stoked cause this means I can go find my dream Seville with an HG problem on the cheap and have it fixed for less than 5k out of my pocket. If it's the truth I'm pretty excited.

[clarkz71]

I plan on doing the same thing, I really wanted a white Eldo, but at
the time all I could find (with low miles) was this calypso green car
so 1st clean white one with blown gaskets and I'm in. Nice part is
I can take my time doing it since I already have a great running, low
mileage Eldo already.

I

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Pan Gasket/ Rear Main on the Eldorado.. still haven't gotten over it or fixed it. I wonder how bad it is to inhale this burning oil smell everyday

Oh yea.. when my struts went out that sucked big time too. At least there was a cheaper aftermarket alternative though. I'm over 10K deep in this thing and that doesn't even include the purchase price... at this rate the only original thing will be the body, engine & tranny (let me not jinx the last two).

[Playdrv4me]

Originally Posted by clarkz71

And Chad, if you ever need an evaporator done on your W140, fly me in
and we can do it over a weekend. About 8 hrs working time.

Are you sure 8 hours is the total book-time for that job on a 140? The last time I looked (and I'll admit it was awhile ago), that job was booked at 20 hours minimum. In fact, the MB evaporators are about the only other engineering disaster that I consider right on par with the N* HG issue and the quoted book time is about identical on both.

I know Cryo-Seal, Superseal Pro and a few other kits claim to successfully abate the problem, but the physical repair as far as I know has not changed.

[clarkz71]

No, your correct, book time in indeed 20 hrs. But after doing so many at the dealer
I can do one in 8 hrs. I once did one in 5 hrs but that was after doing several
in one week and I had all my tools set up and through repetition everything was fresh in my mind.

The very first one took me 10 hrs.

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I almost forgot one that sucked but turned positive.. 2 years ago my A&B solenoids went out on my tranny a week before a job interview that required commuting to NJ everyday. We all know it should only be about a $300 job but everyone in the tri-state area was trying to get me for $600 plus.. long story short a fellow forum member Oldgamer who had recently gone thru the same thing ended up doing it for me in his driveway & showing me how to on a Sunday.
I'll never forget that one..


FYI.. I'm writing this from my job which I landed at that interview.

[clarkz71]

Yeah, oldgamer is cool. I've seen a few of his post's

[clarkz71]

Originally Posted by Playdrv4me

Your grasping at straws and symantics to make up for the design flaw of the Northstar dude.

I almost forgot that one, I wasn't grasping or using symantics. I just called
the Q45 a turd. And I was just messing with Jesda, that's what the was for

[Playdrv4me]

Originally Posted by clarkz71

I almost forgot that one, I wasn't grasping or using symantics. I just called
the Q45 a turd. And I was just messing with Jesda, that's what the was for

Sorry, Im having a bad day. i didnt even see the stirpot.

[clarkz71]

No problem.

[I~LUV~Caddys8792]

Clark, if you were anywhere near me and my Evaporator went, I'd be calling you in first.

[clarkz71]

Even with air fare, you'd save big. Hopefully it's already been done.
Have the dealer run a MB net, it has the warranty history of your car
as well as the delivery date and selling dealer.

[I~LUV~Caddys8792]

I had them do that when I was in there on Friday. It had never been done, but with the Fidelity Warranty I sign out on tomorrow, it's $100 to have it done at the dealer. I made damn sure that the warranty I bought covered the A/C evaporator.

[clarkz71]

Good move with the extended warr. When I was a service advisor, that's how
I would sell the extended warranty's. I would mention that "when" the evaporator went,
the warr would pay for itself.