Re: [MBZ] 83' 300D exhaust

2006-09-12 Thread Jim Cathey
Dunno, it certainly SEEMS like there should be a hanger near the back of the tranny, or somewhere else in the system. I haven't gotten the car in the There is. Rubber-mounted to the bottom of the tranny, and hard-mounted to the exhaust pipe. Yours is missing. It's important! -- Jim

Re: [MBZ] 83' 300D exhaust

2006-09-12 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
There is supposed to be a bracked that hooks the exhaust to the back of the tranny. Levi Smith wrote: Ok so let me get this straight... That entire 100lb 20ft long exhaust system is held up by one point at the rear end and the turbo at the other? Ok, I may be exaggerating (a LITTLE). But I

Re: [MBZ] 83' 300D exhaust

2006-09-11 Thread Levi Smith
Dunno, it certainly SEEMS like there should be a hanger near the back of the tranny, or somewhere else in the system. I haven't gotten the car in the air, but I haven't noticed any signs of one or anything that was attached to the old exhaust... Hmm, yeah if the exhaust were cut, that other flex

Re: [MBZ] 83' 300D exhaust

2006-09-11 Thread Mitch Haley
Levi Smith wrote: > > So... I thought for kicks I'd go look at a couple places, and it seeat best > it's some $120 for this little piece of flex exhaust pipe. Isn't there supposed to be a hanger near the back of the tranny? Woven stainless flex pipes aren't that expensive, but I don't know how