Wow! 22 years of patch jobs, now that’s impressive! Might take you up on the resonator and muffler offer! The last exhaust I repaired was on the 240 that Curt gave me (formerly Dwight’s)-the one with the head issue. I repaired the muffler and resonator with sheet metal as well as replacing a good amount of the pipes. Whole thing cost me $90 in parts from flaps that I pieced together. It fit better than an OE exhaust as I pretty much tailored it to car!
Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 24, 2017, at 6:48 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Nice work! (as always) I broke down and put new exhaust on both 240Ds. > From crockauto the price is not so bad.... I patched the exhaust on the 81 > for 22 years. the front pipe kept rotting away. Methinks it was a flaps > replacement sometime, while the rest was original. I have a good muffler, > and a good resonator in the shed. If you ever need either, you could weld > them on. > >> Dimitri via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> November 24, 2017 at 4:49 PM >> So the entire exhaust with the exception of the front pipe fell off one of >> my 240Ds last November while driving locally. I pulled over, picked it off >> the road and ratchet strapped it to the roof rack. I drove the car sans >> exhaust for the remainder of the winter- neighbors loved me! As I was busy >> with a massive rental property renovation, I had no time until now to deal >> with it. Basically the pipe rotted at the flange where the front pipe and >> remainder of exhaust attach. >> I bought a section pipe slightly wider than the exhaust, cut off rotted >> flange and welded it on, effectively creating a new flange. I then bought a >> new front pipe from Rockauto for a whopping $20. So for a grand total of $35 >> including shipping, new “flange”, and new clamp, I effected a permanent and >> high quality repair! >> >> >> > > _______________________________________ > 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
