1983 300 SD 311,000 miles and everything works.

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1983 300SD 343K everyday car
1983 300SD 285K from junk yard-tooks parts from deer car- runs great. Brothers car.
1984 300SD parts car-Hit deer
1979 300D 175K non-turbo "Doctor"
1979 300d parts car

1984 300SD, Anthracite Gray with Gray interior. 255,800 miles and happily motoring every day.

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1998 W202 C230 - The money pit of late.
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1972 W108 280SE 3.5 (sold but not forgotten)
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1966 Glassic Model 'A' Replica http://www.glassicannex.org

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'82 SD with 316k and '86 SDL with 271k.

Tom

'82 300SD, Gold, 148K, runs excellent, daily driver, 25+mpg around town.

needs rust repair
still gets 27 mpg after 314,000 miles.
i loved the look on the dealers face when i asked them to do the trap replacement on my 290k car. they wanted to charge me 600 for the rest of the exhaust but i said no as i wanted larger mandrel bent exhaustand a less restrictive muffler.
he agreed to just replace the trap and the down pipe if i had it towed off his lot. I guess he didnt want to make too much noise flying out of his stealership.
i used AAA and had it towed to a gas station up the street and drove another 20 miles back home with no exhaust in back of the cat.
sounded like a big rig
got home and removed the cat and put 2.5 inch flowmaster exhaust system all the way back. sounds great not too loud and seems to be spooling the turbo up qucker now

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sold
1987 300 SDL 318K
126.125 (OM603.961) (722.321 trans) (head#14)
Born on date 11/07/1986
2.5" Flowmaster Exhaust
flex-a-lite dual electric cooling fan conversion

now have a 1985 toyota diesel pickup

I need to do the exhaust on the SDL sometime soon. Some questions:

1) I presume that you keep the factory downpipe with the flex coupling built in.

2) What tubing did you use to go from the downpipe to the muffler? Was this commercially available? Who bent it properly?

3) I presume that you eliminated the center muffler, just forward of the rear axle and just to the driver's side of the vehicle.

4) What are the details of the flowmaster muffler? What is the expected life of this component?

5) What's the cost for the system from the back end of the downpipe to the end of the system?

6) You mention a cat on the system. I cannot seem to find any evidence of a cat on this one. That is, unless I am calling the cat the center muffler. It is awful small for a muffler and awful big for a cat. As mentioned above, it lives just forward of the rear axle on the driver's side.

I'm weighing a complete stainless steel system from Timevalve for $650. or so. But, this is a bit pricey and I was looking for alternatives.

Thanks.

Just had a Major Service done on my 86' 300 SDL. My pocket book is thin but my car feels good. $617.20 worth of service, Oil, belts, wipers, fluids, air filters, fuel filters, fuel injection clips, and remove brake fluid resivor and flush system. ABS system checked secure main harnes. Check front wheel speed sensors. Replace rear turn signal bulb. 5.5 hours of labor at $75.00 an hour. Shew wee....