FriendlyMBtech
Junior Member
First time Dodge owner here. I've been a Mercedes-Benz technician for 13 years and I plan on diving quite deep into taking this truck apart. I bought it knowing it needs a ton of work. I've had a YouTube channel for the last several years focusing on Mercedes-Benz vehicles. You can find me at http://www.youtube.com/@FriendlyMBTech I bought a 1992 400E and proceeded to take apart the DOHC V8 and rebuild it. Right now I am in the process of doing the same thing to a 6.0L DOHC V12. We have a horse and have been needing something capable of towing a horse trailer but didn't want to spend brand new truck money after recently paying off another vehicle. This truck has about 289k miles on it and a misfire on cylinder #4. I've been told it's on its third transmission. It currently has 3 transmission coolers. Two of which are being used. Maybe the original cooler is clogged? The Flowmaster muffler has a rust hole in it. The passenger side door is literally screwed shut. The drivers rear door doesn't open. Slightly more than half the dash is there. I was told the AC works and the heater doesn't. The AC compressor clutch not engaging when the AC is on showed that was a lie. It has quite a few leaks. It has a lumber rack and a camper shell. The Mrs. and I are more excited to take it camping than to tow a horse. I've already started dreaming of upgrades and modifications. I have checked compression on cylinder #4 and its at 100PSI. I also checked compression on cylinder #2 and it's at 155PSI. I already planned on rebuilding the engine anyway so I'm not worried. The heads will probably get replaced in the process, because it would be dumb not to when the engine is already taken apart. I drove it about a mile from the original owners house to mine. It seemed to shift ok. I'm sure there is more but I can't think of anything at the moment. I did a video on it already, https://youtu.be/bAy6ITSR5bI?si=dlwajmhAsbtNIFhb if you feel inclined to watch it.
