This was removed from my vehicle due to obvious safety concerns.

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Use much salt on the roads in Detroit?
Was that caught by a State inspection or your own?

Your car must have been buried at sea for years!

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Don't Chrome them; polish them

Wow. At least mine looks better than yours......

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

Just weld a patch on it, you`ll be fine

Charlie ☺

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there were three HP ratings on the OM616...

1) Not much power
2) Even less power
3) Not nearly enough power!! 240D w/auto

Anyone that thinks a 240D is slow drives too fast.

80 240D Naturally Exasperated, 4-Spd 388k DD 150mph spedo 3:58 Diff

We are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics. Funny how that works

I am glad to see that is off the car.

It is amazing to see how thin they are isn't it? It is an engineering marvel and a perfect demonstration of the fact that the shape of a structure is so much more important than the thickness for strength. Can you imagine how they designed that in the era before computers?

Tom W

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

I the era before computers that car would have weighed 6000#.

amazing, a few bends on a flat piece of sheet metal will double, tripple the strength of it.

Charlie ☺

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there were three HP ratings on the OM616...

1) Not much power
2) Even less power
3) Not nearly enough power!! 240D w/auto

Anyone that thinks a 240D is slow drives too fast.

80 240D Naturally Exasperated, 4-Spd 388k DD 150mph spedo 3:58 Diff

We are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics. Funny how that works

Actually I was thinking that that arm would have been designed in the pre computer age.

My 62 fintail weighed less than 3000#, so somehow the benz engineers figured things out pretty well then too.

Tom W

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Brian --- At least your shock was still working. A guy from Indiana has a 300D with this Right Rear Trailing arm.

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daw_two
Germantown, TN

Links:
Sold last car --- 05/2012 1984 300D Light Ivory, Red interior
Cluster Needles Paint
New Old Stock (NOS) parts

Past:
3/2008 1986 300SDL "Coda"
04/2010 1965 190D(c) "Ben"
& many more

I'm wondering, do those arms rust only from outer moisture/road salt? Or can they also rust from the inside?

I replaced one on my '81 when I first got it, then undercoated the hell out of both arms to try to prevent rust from the outside at least.

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'81 300CD - 180K, cannot be killed by any conventional means
'99 Ford Escort - good MPG

I imagine it could happen either way. They must be built sealed but if there is a hole to let moisture in but no way to drain, you'd have trouble.

Tom W

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

They use TONS of salt in MI, but we have no State inspections (or emissions testing either) Nada. Scary mix eh?

My trailing arms had some surface rust but I painted it with POR and rust-converter stuff. My dad's SD had a tiny hole but he sprayed a ton of rust converter inside there, then patched it shut and treated the outside. So far so good.

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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-
'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

That rust through certainly didn't happen overnight. I could drive China as-is for years without doing a thing and it wouldn't be that bad......

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

That arm was designed by a smart German engineer with a slide rule, penncil, and some paper. The W126 is a mid to late 70's design, no CATIA.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

I replaced both mine after I walked outside one day and the rear end looked like this

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I did patch it up w/ a bit of 3/16 plate while I sourced southern parts. tires did not last long though!??

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1984 123.193 372,xxx miles, room for Seven.

1999 Dodge Durango Cummins 4BTAA 47RE 5k lb 4x4 getting 25+mpgs, room for Seven.