BARN FIND LOW MILEAGE MERCEDES w209 CLK 55 AMG, PART 2! TURNS INTO A DISASTER! NOT GOOD NEWS! 🤯 

Sorry it’s took so long for the part 2 guys! But as you know I’ve been under the weather, 🤧 videos will now be more consistent. Hope you all enjoy, all the best everyone!

Value for money from a company that goes the extra mile for its customers. A job well done and a car to be proud of.

This, people, is why you need to take your car to a specialist. Glad you're over your health issues Sam.

With the amount of parts replaced & the expert work/knowledge required, I think £6,700 was a bargain especially with the gearbox refurb for £1,200. The car will more than likely provide years of trouble free motoring to come. Glad to see a mechanic who cares about his work. Enjoyed the videos.

23:29 He’s telling the truth… always doing free stuff for me when my car is in. If Sam was a plastic surgeon, you’d go in for your appendix and wake up looking like Cher.

Outstanding work as always Sam. The gearbox and torque converter rebuild was a more than reasonable price. Ending up with a beautiful Merc 🎉

Simply excellent content again Sam. You and Nathan are a hell of a team. Your customers are very privileged to have you. As a mechanic (non merc) and huge merc enthusiast who owns an S204 really appreciate the channel.

As a Dutchman watching you buying petrol by the liter but expressing efficiency in mpg makes me smile.

Hi Sam, Rolf from Australia nice to see your good work.I have a C 55 AMG 2005.Not many of them around in Australia. 130...km. love it very much. Beeing an 74year ( old motor mechanic) I like to see your videos.Also appreciate your honesty cheers good luck for the future.

My 2003 CLK 55 has a Valeo radiator and to be honest, it scared me a bit as they were known to have a factory defect and leak. However, it seems that the previous owner replaced the radiator because the date on it is 05/03/05, so I hope I won't have an unpleasant surprise.

The more expensive a car was new, the more you need to spend to keep it on the road, no such thing as a cheap performance car. Great video series and hopefully loads of fun for the owner.

Real professionals be proud of what you do I am proud of you guys being an engineer myself this is how it should be done. I would come from anywhere in the country to see you guys if I had a Merc

As the saying goes Good mechanics are not cheap and cheap mechanics are not good, quality work as always and worth every penny 👌👌

Great story, well told and that dead-pan humour 😂😂😂 keep 'em coming!

Another very informative and enlightening video. I also echo a previous post, £6.700 for all that work, I was fully expecting the total to be a fair bit more. I consider myself very fortunate that you guys will be looking after my new to me Clk 55.

There is a screw missing but there is also a Loose Nut standing directly behind the two front Wheels! Seriously Sam, the Best Mercedes Mechanics out there and Seriously funny Mechanics let's all be honest🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭 P.S. Smiles per Gallon..................................😂😂😂😂

Happy memories, the arrival of the Snap Off van was a weekly treat (if your pocket could stand it).

i am lucky to have an honest Service rep/ and mechanic at my local Mercedes dealer here in Florida. They are honest like you guys. Really enjoy watching these videos. Your customers are so lucky to have a mechanic like you.

Wow! Where can I find a mechanic like you in Australia 😊 Your attention to detail is amazing.

Your vids arre so great and fun to watch. Please never stop or surrender.

Lovely job, saved a great car there. Glad your keeping better that’s the most important part

Good value to that customer. Shows your love of the 'special ones'

That is great value considering the amount of parts and labour. All the best.

Sounds a lot of cash, but considering how much work has been done it’s really very good value. Great job done!

A small price to pay to keep such a nice car on the road. Great work on a modern classic car :) Every day is a school day - I honestly had no idea what a torque converter actually looks like 😂

New subscriber. W208 55AMG and 430 Convertible owner. M113 Engine is incredible. Learned loads. Thanks.

Another great video, very informative, good project, look forward to more!

Great stuff. Loved seeing how you got the box out and back in. Hope you are feeling better.

Absolutely quality content as always. That car is now even more of an absolute gem thanks to you guys 👊

Great video Sam, I wish all garages operated with such honesty, integrity and enthusiasm. Love the deadpan humour and I am sure your channel will just grow and grow. Hope your ill health problems have now been resolved as well. Any more collabs coming up with Matt from High Peak Autos - another person who is a credit to the car trade (cant believe I said that!).

Love your attention to detail. Keep up the great work!

Brilliant content, and yes what a car!

Another fantastic video well worth the wait and great to see artisans at work ...well done lads ....cant wait for a new episode 🏆👍

Top video again ! Shame it's given up but lucky it's no given up on the customer and now there's no doubt the box will last!

I guessed at £6-6500 so pretty close. The customer has now got a lovely, low mileage car in great condition. Happy days!

Oh no! You and Steve diagnosed a failed Valeo radiator in my 2003 W211 E270. Unhappy memories! The cost was too high at the time so I traded it in to the dealer that sold it to me. I have never done that before or since but that car was the most unreliable motor of my entire life. It was at your place so often that I had forgotten to MOT it! Bargain job, sounds like gearboxes might be cheaper to rebuild now, I hope that you are now in fine fettle yourself 💪

Just amazing!

Great work guys!

top video sam , great content , funny sense of humour , keep well guys,

Omg, you seriously turned a day going south into a really, REALLY good day with an upload from you guys!! So amazing, thank you Sam and everyone else at SPR!! This almost made me cry, with such low miles too... I'm happy that owner found you, you gave him a really really good price for the work you did. Unlike the extortionist over-rulers at a Mercedes dealer who probably would've stripped this customer dry. P.S. I never knew that the transmission fluid/coolant fluid crossover in the radiator problem affected these 2005 CLK 55's tbh! A lot of sources online seem to leave that fact out, probably because of how very little people know due to the low production numbers for this last year. The UK numbers I've seen say there were only around a few dozen 05' CLK 55 Coupes over there and that's it!

Nice touch at the end aswell well done lads 👍

You guys are top professionals

great job lad sounds sweet keep up the good work

Good job lads 👍

Great content. Well done guy's.

Great content again,keep up the good gents

Great content and workmanship as always 👍🏽

thank you for the update. keep getting well. you are irreplaceable.

Good video. Keep up the good work!

Wow what a job and that’s some amount of work you have done to the car. And only for the bill to come in at £6,700 you could have well over charged for that like so many other garages would have done. Just shows that you’d are genuine guys and are not out to rip people off. I have a £5.800 bill coming for a Bank 1 and Bank 2 manifold rebuild on my SQ7 If I got the bill of £6,700 for all that work I would gladly pay it and not even query it one single bit.

Great video 👍

Hope you're back to full health now Sam. Excellent video as always, such care for detail and pride in work is a rarity these days. Well done.

The same thing happens to lexus ls430 and mk3 gs430, but not a low mileage, it usually happens around 100000 miles or slighly over, what people do to prevent it from happening is either replace the radiator just before it hits 100k or put a separate cooler on it

Looking forward to part 3 😈😜

Bargain !...thumbs up

Cracking job that. Quality costs. Nothing unreasonable about that at all.

Worth every penny.

Faulty radiators allowing coolant into the trans. were Valeo , used in cars built up to Sept 2003 . After that they should be unaffected.. Behr are the better ones. Select carbon filter on the AC and it won't click. Great work ,,the car will now run well for years to come.

Many thanks Sam had the same problem no my 2002 E500 those early radiators failed dismally 🇩🇪⛽️🚘

I live in Ireland and would be tempted to get the ferry over for you to work on my car excellent work.

Great learning about the gearbox, torque converter. Amazing job and a great car. Well worth the spend. I love the attention to detail in your work, the engine cover star 🤌I'm pretty new to Mercedes I have an s204 2012 on 109k owned 6 years since 50k so enjoy expanding my knowledge with these videos.

Another excellent video. Current and previous customers can be assured that their cars have received meticulous servicing. Wish you guys were nearer to me😊

Love your work guys. Have got an om642 that I might drop in for a service even though I’m 60 miles away! 😂

It's worth it. 👍

Just shows low mileage cars can throw up some extra work. Sitting around doesn't help them. The work done (and there was a fair bit) seems good value and well worth it.

Excellent, that was a lot of work. I guessed 7k before you announced the total cost. There are places that would cost much more. Great Vid👍

Great you include costings iñ your videos.

Shame about that dodgy Valeo radiator. Had that been replaced earlier, the gearbox would have lasted a lot longer. Great to see such a nice car on the road again.

Cracking Lad, straight as fook.Keep up the excellent work, we are lovin yas,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

That gearbox was like a maze inside. I've never seen anything so confusing 😂

Hope you are now feeling much better now Sam? Glad you have had a haircut and a shave, you look even more handsome!! 😊❤

A car worthy of spending money on to keep it on the road. Nice one.

The transmission refurb was pricey but it is peace of mind for the customer. Genuine Mercedes parts can sometimes be pricey but they're always money well spent as I found out with the front control arms I bought for my 2009 W204 C200. That is a beautiful CLK and the money spent will help to maintain the value of the car.

EExcellent work.

6.7k for all that. Bargain giving the car that the owner gets back. Hats of to them for keeping that beauty on the road. 1200 for the gearbox was good.

I have missed your videos. I am sorry to hear that you have been unwell but hope that you are on the mend now. 😢

fantastic.😅😅

Aww my handsome man. ❤

Another great video. I think on how much it cost is a bargain considering the mileage and condition and all the work done.

wow what a deal £1200 FOR GEARBOX OVERHAUL great video loved it

Yeah that does seem very reasonable, it’s obviously a car they love and what to keep in tip top condition and you guys certainly do that👍👍 another great informative video, it’s honestly makes me want to get a Mercedes again, last had a ml500 beast

So just realised I work around the corner from you 😂 good content

Great job! Nothing to say about the cost other than if I have guessed I would said 10k pounds

wowzers lovely looking cls shooting break in the last part of the video my next motor in that colour. you said on the video that the gearbox is self learning throughout its like when you reset the adaptions on the gearbox does this fully reset it to new and start the procedure again? keep them videos coming there great

I have the 270 cdi superb car , my seat getting bit sad but I love the car replaced all front sus discs etc , drives like new , dont think I’ll ever sell it . Just as matter of interest mine has a separate horn behind the radiators would that be a alarm horn maybe ? Love ya dedication to Mercedes stuff 👍

When you replaced the short section of fuel line, if it lives in the tank, does it need to be a fully submersible grade? On my bike, I replaced some in the tank and required a grade able to live with fuel inside and outside.

Great video and work on this classic beast. Just wondering if the fuel hose is in tank hose that can be submerged, as standard fuel hose can only withstand fuel on the inside not on the outside. Cheers.

you shouldve done the rear main seal on it while the box is off

Was that an iCarsoft diagnostic scanner you used initially? If so, which model? Great work again, really good to see you guys going the extra mile for the customer.

Top class service mate and looks like you’ve instilled a great caring work ethic in the staff you have. The extra touches really make it

Absolute quality content along with excellent attention to deal. I definitely need to find the time to book my cls55 amg with you and have it looked over by the professionals that know what they are doing. Do the cls55amg have the same common problems as the clk 55's? You don't seem to have any cls content. Mine could be the first one 😃

Really enjoying the content can you tell me what cleaner you used in the engine bay Thanks

Attention to detail is awesome. I am planning on using your services in the near future. Great to see you're on the ball.

Where did you manage to get engine cover emblem? Also I have the same problem with seat heating, the cables under the passenger seat are damaged. Is it possible to fix it without removing the seat?

Snap on truck arrives at a car dealership you either go in ... Or hide from him 😂

I said check the rad,happened to me in 2022. 50,000miles 2002 320 clk

Still missing the centre caps in all 4 wheels ? Lovely red X218 in the background - my parents have a 2014 CLS250CDi in Diamond White with the AMG pack that was rear ended by a taxi driver 😕. It has AUD$18k of damage, insurance company wanted to write it off (statutory, not structural write off), parents said no, they're going to repair it (only has 65,000km on the odo & in mint condition). It finally goes to body repairs next week after waiting a few weeks for parts from MB.

@sprautos, could you comment on where you got the engine cover emblem made?

Have to agree with the other comments £6.7K for a mint 36K mile CLK55 AMG, bargin.

Hey Sam, while we're talking about CLKs and auto gearboxs, I've a 2001 CLK with the 5 speed auto. I tend to change down manually when slowing down or coming to a stop. I've a friend who's adamant that doing this causes damage to older, torque converter gearboxes. I've called BS. Any thoughts??