Thanks. Anything’s possible but it obviously takes a lot of rust for the rear subframe mount to collapse from what I’ve seen.
Sent from my iPhone > On May 20, 2021, at 9:53 AM, Max Dillon via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > Excellent! Inspiring work. > > My blue 95 sedan has rust issues, and recently has weird rear suspension > behavior, now I'm wondering if a rear subframe mount has broken loose. > > Max Dillon > Charleston SC > > > May 20, 2021 9:22:06 AM Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com>: > >> I didn’t remove the old mount or the subframe. I cut out the rusted metal >> then thoroughly de-rusted the remainder - including inside the mount cavity >> with multiple applications of naval jelly over a period of several days. The >> remaining in tact mount (2 out of four walls) and thick baseplate was >> surprisingly strong enough to not collapse. I then welded 16 gauge sheet >> metal over the missing sections. I used weld through primer on the inside >> and back surfaces of the mount and new metal. I will spray the inside of the >> cavity with fluid film and replace the perished body cavity plugs with new >> ones once it’s all painted. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>>> On May 20, 2021, at 8:48 AM, Max Dillon via Mercedes >>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> How did you locate the new mount in the identical spot? Did you make some >>> kind of rig to measure the old mount location so you could identify new >>> position? >>> >>> Max Dillon >>> Charleston SC >>> >>> >>> May 19, 2021 2:57:27 PM Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes >>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com>: >>> >>>> On my, formerly Dwight’s, 1990 300D 2.5 Turbo. >>>> >>>> >>>> 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 > > _______________________________________ > 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
