I would definitely complain to the repair shop. Dwight E. Giles Jr. Wickford RI
On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 2:06 PM Dimitri Seretakis <dsereta...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Not sure. Looks like mig not sure if with shielding gas or flux core. > Paint covered up the possibility of seeing uncleaned welding slag. Not > only does the weld look like dog shit but that area was originally joined > together with flanges and bolted together. That’s not how the repair was > done. He slipped a piece over one end and into the other thus reducing the > diameter of the exhaust and creating a local obstruction in the pipe which > will rob some power from the engine. In addition, this dog shit welded mass > cannot be unbolted and separated as was initially intended. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jan 3, 2020, at 1:56 PM, Dwight Giles <dwight.gi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > NOT a Dimitri weld. Was it ever slagged? > > Dwight Giles Jr. > Wickford RI > > On Fri, Jan 3, 2020, 1:53 PM Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> My mom took her 2005 G500 to the most esteemed Indy Mercedes shop in the >> Boston area to have a few things repaired including the exhaust (I will not >> name names). To be fair, I like the owner and I feel, based on my >> experience with him that he does a great job with the mechanical repairs. >> His “welder” is subcontracted. I expressed my dissatisfaction to him >> regarding the quality of the welded exhaust repair but he politely defended >> the welder and gave no apologies and didn’t ask for me to show him what I >> found unsatisfactory. There was another area that was repaired in a similar >> manner. The total cost was $425 for the welding. What do you guys think of >> this repair? Am I being too fussy here? >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone_______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
