Hey Benjamin.
Interesting post - I'm kind of in a similar situation at the moment with my '89 164. It has now done over 280,000kms and just feels really loose and sloppy. One of the front struts recently did a seal so ideally I want to replace the struts all around but this is only the start of the list!
I had the auto tranny reco'd by ZF in Sydney about 2yr ago and with labour plus a few other parts ended up paying over $6K!! Plus the aircon has been next to useless after a conversion to R134a. It did a head gasket last summer, luckily it was the front head so was easy for me to remove and refit after getting it reco'd, did timing belt and water pump at the same time. Then the Motronic computer finally died after an intermittent earthing problem. Then I replaced the large engine mount myself after forking out over $400 for it... Hmmmmm.
Right now I have a new set of front end bushes to fit, plus the AlfaPro stepper gear set but I think its going to be easier to trade it in on something else very soon instead. Am very tempted by a 166 but really don't want another auto if I can help it. A nice 75 would be a lot of fun too!! Will have to wait and see what I can afford - the 156 has never appealed to me that much for some reasaon (apart from the GTA) - same with the 147.
Are you in Melbourne? Where do you get the car serviced?
Stu in Melb.
White '89 164 3.0
Interesting post - I'm kind of in a similar situation at the moment with my '89 164. It has now done over 280,000kms and just feels really loose and sloppy. One of the front struts recently did a seal so ideally I want to replace the struts all around but this is only the start of the list!
I had the auto tranny reco'd by ZF in Sydney about 2yr ago and with labour plus a few other parts ended up paying over $6K!! Plus the aircon has been next to useless after a conversion to R134a. It did a head gasket last summer, luckily it was the front head so was easy for me to remove and refit after getting it reco'd, did timing belt and water pump at the same time. Then the Motronic computer finally died after an intermittent earthing problem. Then I replaced the large engine mount myself after forking out over $400 for it... Hmmmmm.
Right now I have a new set of front end bushes to fit, plus the AlfaPro stepper gear set but I think its going to be easier to trade it in on something else very soon instead. Am very tempted by a 166 but really don't want another auto if I can help it. A nice 75 would be a lot of fun too!! Will have to wait and see what I can afford - the 156 has never appealed to me that much for some reasaon (apart from the GTA) - same with the 147.
Are you in Melbourne? Where do you get the car serviced?
Stu in Melb.
White '89 164 3.0