IIRC, the '78 had heat shields between most of the exhaust system and the drive shaft.
On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 9:33 AM, Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote: > Don't know about your vintage, but by 1985, the R107 had alum heat shields > above not only that resonator, but pretty much the whole exhaust system. > > -- OK Don "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin 1775 "in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." - Benjamin Franklin 1789 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com