I have an annoying exhaust leak on the sdl that I need to try to fix, thinking about trying some sort of band clamp and goop
Sent from my iPhone > On May 14, 2017, at 7:33 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > Just got back from a nice 30 or so minute drive in the country in the E300D. > Nice. > > While it might be hard pressed to get out of the way in a hurry, it’s still > pretty peppy considering it’s a naturally aspirated engine. The smaller W124 > chassis really makes driving it fun, not like the living room couch ride of > he W126 (not that there’s anything wrong with that!) > > Exhaust is “buzzy”, no doubt due to the flex that is in the place of the > catalyst. I bought a Nickson band clamp at FLAPS today along with some > Permatex exhaust sealer goop. I’m going to try it on one end of one of the > flex pieces where it meets the hard pipe and see how it works. If it does a > good job I’ll do the same to the rest of the joints. It only looks like one > of them is leaking. > > Dash thermometer is wacky, so I’ll need to order a new thermistor for it. > Hopefully I can find the part number again from Mouser. I love the cheap fix > - last one of these I did I probably had $5 total in the whole fix, if that. > > Car handles well, gets up in the 60s without a problem, tracks straight and > true and has no noises, vibrations or rattles. > > Tomorrow I turn in a dealer order for a boatload of stuff, mainly to sort out > the breather tubes on the valve cover. That gets done on Saturday and then > I’m pretty much done with it other than a differential drain and fill and a > PS drain and fill. I’ll be putting in new aux fans on Wednesday. > > -D > _______________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
