Thanks for your response wbain5280

I have tried propane on the one bracket that slides (ha) off the pipe.
Their is hardened silver stuff about that can be scraped off,I wonder if it is anti-sieze.
The other brracket is behind a flange on the pipe and cant be replaced?

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-Marty

1986 300E 220,000 miles+ transmission impossible
(Now waiting under a bridge in order to become one)

Reading your M103 duty cycle:
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/831799-post13.html
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/831807-post14.html