Usually in this situation I just replace the rusty section with a factory part. It bolts right in and the parts are not typically too expensive.
On Fri, Jan 3, 2020, 1:54 PM Dwight Giles via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Post his name on Twitter with pic-or threaten to if they don't clean up the > weld. > Dwight E. Giles Jr. > Wickford RI > > > On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 3:50 PM Dimitri Seretakis <dsereta...@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > > I did but it fell on deaf ears. Oh well. From now on NOBODY will be > > welding on my or my family members’ cars. Period. > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > On Jan 3, 2020, at 3:11 PM, Dwight Giles <dwight.gi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > 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 > > _______________________________________ 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
