How many of you out there Do ....

[TheEngineer]

I have always done my own work. There are advantages: I can schedule so that I am not without wheels. I can do it over when I screw-up. I save lot's of dough. I get to know my vehicles. There is a good feeling when things go right. But often things do not go well: There is a steel tubing from the transmission. It carries transmission fluid to the radiator. It leaks at a fitting underneath the A/C compressor. I can't get to it without pulling the engine. Very frustrating! On my truck I replaced the timing chain and the cylinder head. Now the A/C does not turn on. I have to check every component: switches, the fuse, the relay. They are all buried and I am not so agile anymore. It's a real PITA. I give up and lay and the couch.

[specracer]

Im in the DIY camp too. Ill paint my racecar, but when its time for the SL, I'll prep it, but hand it to a pro for paint.

[vintagecoupe]

I see this as a hobby and a nice distraction from office work all day ;-)
so apart from paint and upholstery jobs and machinery work on block and head, i try do as much of the work by myself...

for me it all started in 2008 with this lovely W111 coupé which after some (minor & mayor) fixes endend up quite nicely...

So from that point i restored another w111, a w108 and eventually ended with a W113, 280SL, long desired (at least from my side ;-), barn find....

with a lot of help, by the way from this forum, honestly speaking a bit more "hands on" than others, very good and always appreciated...

cheers and thanks,
Andreas