Even though Kleb loves it, it is incredibly ugly! On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 1:13 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> I sent the guy an email and corresponded a bit, he is on Johns Island > too, so a neighbor. I told him I had sent his posting around to my list > and he appreciated that. I will not share all the trash talk about the > car though! > > I think if I owned an olive farm I would have to buy that for a mascot > > --FT > > > On 11/28/18 2:06 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > > 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 > >> > >> > > -- > --FT > > > _______________________________________ > 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
