Thank YOU for the referral. Drove for Lotus, huh? Does that (racing
accident?) explain the limp? Anyway, I liked him immensely. "Sadie"
is getting her work done there from now on. I'll probably end up
taking my TD westfalia there, too.
Dan
Dan,
Thanks for letting us know! Jim, Howe, the machinist who made the
repair part is one of the best in the business. Of course our buddy
Gabriel would have to be better, but in reality, Jim is as good as
they get.
Doug is the only guy alive I would trust a my cars to. The
predecessor, Phil Mangan, was a legend. Doug was a driver for lotus.
Loren
At 02:06 PM 12/5/2005, you wrote:
Ya'll may remember some months ago the end rusted off my front
stabilizer. Thanks to many of you, I learned this was not an easy
fix, and was one that has reduced many otherwise good drivers to
parts cars. Thanks to Loren Faeth, of this list, I was able to get
mine repaired by Doug at Import Auto Limited in Ames, Iowa (515 296
2723) for $466. He cut off the end of the bar where it is thick,
then machined a new end which slides over the bar. He ground flats in
the bar first, and secured the new tip with six set screws and JB
Weld (inside the collar), then replaced with new Mercedes bushings,
bushing washers, and nut. Handles as new. Since the break was at the
relatively small diameter tip and the repair is on the thick part of
the stabilizer with a good thick machined collar, I think it should
hold up fine. Doug, the shop owner, engineered the fix for his daily
driver 126, and says it's held fine for 7 months and counting. Time
will tell, but I'm very pleased. If you have a car in a similar
condition, I'm guessing Doug would sell you the machined rod end, if
you wanted to attempt cutting the stabilizer yourself, but he says be
aware the stabilizer is harder than anything he's ever cut before,
and is quite a challenge.
Thanks, Loren, for the referral!
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82 Mercedes 300SD, 275k
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