I've never had those work very well or for long. The goop just makes it harder to fix correctly (new metal, welding) later. Do it right the first time and you'll have no regrets
On Sun, May 14, 2017 at 8:38 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > 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 > > -- OK Don *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 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
