Those damnable bloody Mercedes tin worm raise their ugly heads once again....................... Why oh why doesn't a company with the massive reputation of Mercedes do something about this dreadful situation, after all it would be so very easy for them to do! In my travels I have seen some Sprinters as young as 2 years with the starting discolouring of the dreaded tin monsterThose rust blegs I mentioned earlier... Stripped out some very naf chipboard racking around the o/s rear wheel arch to find a soft patch of metal in the centre of the leading edge of the wheel tub, bit of proper merc tin worm! All the doors have the beginnings of the rot, just starting to bubble a bit at the bottoms. So, a full de-blegging before construction starts!
The rust issue was the main reason I went for a pre 2000 sprinter.Oh no, there won't be any filler! Rotted bits cut out, new bits seam welded in, etched, primed, painted and wax-oiled as you say.
It's like Mercedes have gone out of their way to make it rot....
epoxy zinc rich 2 pack 1000 times better than auto type paints,juton clark or sigma.Oh no, there won't be any filler! Rotted bits cut out, new bits seam welded in, etched, primed, painted and wax-oiled as you say.
It's like Mercedes have gone out of their way to make it rot....
Same as me Stevie, my 'Millie' has more than a few dings and a right royal mess of paintwork on the bonnet, I could spend a small fortune getting her looking right on the outside, but as far as I am concerned just as long as all the mechanicals are working perfectly and everything is AOK in the living area, personally I would sooner be out there on the open road enjoying her.Rather be off camping in the beast than worrying too much about the looks...
Stevie