Easy fix - get the exhaust system from an earlier or '78 or later one and replace it. Too true on the injection/intake system, I had to do that on the '78 SLC. LOTS of custom molded rubber bits that were rock hard and leaking. Ran great after replacing them all (and the timing chain, guides, etc.).
On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 12:19 PM Dan--- via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > All the more reason to avoid. > > There are probably 40-50 little pieces of rubber hose in the injection > system that have aged out and are cracking and ready to fail. Add to this > the half-assed pre-cats that were placed in the exhaust just aft of the > headers and you’ve got a recipe for one major conflagration. I have seen > the results of such conditions on more than one occasion, and it’s not > pretty. > > -D > > > On Nov 28, 2018, at 1:09 PM, Craig via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > > > On Wed, 28 Nov 2018 10:52:02 -0500 Dan--- via Mercedes > > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > >> Worst possible year R107 you can buy. Major fire hazard. > > > > "Just under $60k miles." > > > > > > Craig > > > > _______________________________________ > > 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 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 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
