That happened to me in my 123 wagon, a rear brake line rusted through and bled out. I drove home carefully, and then put in a new line without dropping the subframe.
You'll need to get the car home and then get underneath and evaluate the situation. I'd also ask the guy to try to replace the brake line(s) without dropping the subframe, maybe if he gets a little clever he can do it for you. Ideally you can get an extra long length of line that doesn't have the flare and nut on one end, so you can easily fish that through the tight spot. If the old line is still intact enough, tape a string to it before you pull it out so you can use the string to pull the new line into place. You'll then need to have the nut and the tool to make the proper flare to finish the line. ------------- Max Charleston SC On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 8:57 AM Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > So I took the 300D to a mechanic the other day to get the AC working and > he decides to do a check over of the entire car. He tells me that the rear > brake lines are badly rusted which I knew and was planning to replace > myself once I get my 2 post lift in September. He tells me that they > started leaking badly after he probed them to determine the extent of the > rust and that now the car is not driveable and that the rear subframe would > have to be dropped in order to do properly and will cost thousands in labor! > > I just wanted my damn AC fixed! I didn’t ask for any other stuff! So now > what? Is it true that subframe needs to be dropped? I may just tell him to > finish the AC and I will drive the car home adding brake fluid as needed > and deal with the brake line repairs myself! > > 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
