Corrosion strikes
Behind the front left wheel...
Is this something that needs to be rebuilt from scratch?
hi sav, this isnt common but i am sure there is a fix kit.
my opinion would be to jump in the G and drive it to turkey, have the problem fixed out there for peanuts.i wouldnt be suprised if the part couldnt be fabricated there too :wink:
you know what the turks are capable of out there. :wink: :wink:
good excuse for a holiday too kardesim :P
This is on your 1996?! Quite extreme, I find German imports sometimes seem to spend time in extreme winter conditions, which if not compensated for, will result in excessive corrosion in a few years.
Keep us informed about parts and fixing
hi sav, there is only ONE man i would trust with that sort of work and his name is
MARKVULTURE.
but i guess mick the digger could do a good job of it too. [but dont let him convince you into chopping the arse off your 463 :o ]
I have seen this sort of rust on earlier cars and have a welder who has experiance of repairing a G in this way. I am Hampshire based so if you think I can be of help please PM me with your tel no so we can have a chat.
All the best
Murph
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hus55 - thanks man. i doubt i will get the car to Turkey - at the moment it's worrying enough just driving it to the mechanics! do you know anyone over here you would trust with this job?
M2dxb - yep on the '96... who knows what conditions it faced in it's early years but i guess it's one of those things. Even my mechanic was surprised to see that on 'a merc'. He's looking in to whether there is a part available or whether we'll need to build something up.
I thought it would be good some opinions from the guys on the forum and feed back to him - and also so i know that we're going the right way about things.
*just realised that the post went up twice which was not my intention - one of those internet connection issues*