96 E300D, 171k mi. While I was driving yesterday, my muffler fell off! It seems to have rusted through where the pipe inlets to the muffler. The actual muffler looks fine, but when i called a shop (indy) to see how much it would be to weld it back on, he said $750.
I guess mercedes makes these as one long piece with 2 mufflers on it. One towards the middle of the car and one at the end. I was hoping that they could just replace some of the piping and weld the existing muffler back on.

Call a good muffler shop. The $750 seems pretty high to me.

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70's Southern Pacific #5608 Fairmont A-4 MOW car

13 VW JSW 2.0 TDI 193K, Tuned with DPF and EGR Delete.

99 W210 E300 Turbo Diesel, chipped, DPF/Converter Delete. Still needs EGR Delete, 232K

90 Dodge D250 5.9 Cummins/5 speed. 400K

Gone and still missed...1982 w123 300D, 1991 w124 300D

This is when you go to Meineke(sp?) and have them do it.

Call another shop. They saw that star first......
Not a good sign that it already rusted through..... I'd have a good look under there at other items.....

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'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

I'm not surprised. I called Midas, Speedy, and the rest over the summer to get my muffler fixed (different car, but same experience). I needed a new center section- the rest was ok. They quoted me at $950 to $1250.
I replaced the whole thing myself with parts from Phil- total price (incl. shipping) : $205.

If you can't do it yourself, it will probably be cheaper to buy the muffler parts online and have someone put them in- a non-chain mechanic maybe. It took me an hour without a lift to do mine.

[edit: ah- the muffler braces fell off. $750 still sounds high.]

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Andrew

1989 Volvo 745- 202K

The muffler for that car is $529 on this site. A cheap gasser muffler probably wont flow enough exhaust for that engine with a turbo on it. You may have to pony up for this one.

when my exaust system went coput on the 240. i went to a couple shops and suprisingly meineke was the higest at a quote of 900 or somthing. i went to a certified walker dealier down the road and when i pulled up and told them what i wanted. they told me that they would not service my car maybe it was to old or somthing. Finally at a lil independent shop i got a good deal on a walker system. at a price of i think like 500-600 if i remeber right. and that was for the exaust systen up until the header pipe that goes down. Then on my way back from college, that pipe ended up breaking, doing about 70 it was funny because a CDI was just passing me and we both waved at eachother and then *GROWLL VROOM SCRAPPP* luckly the state police came and helped me rig the exaust up until i got home, which by the way was anbother 100 miles man did she growl. so in total with the exaust and the header pipe. i'd say a new exaust with instalation should run around 600-700 for a good one. but who knows. shop around

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1983 Euro 240D 277K
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2009 Lexus RX350 9061 miles. Sold 04/09
2008 Mitsubishi Lancer GTS:Totaled Sept.,09 @ 24,000
2003 Infiniti I35 58K Sold
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good god go down to merriam-graves and get a little 110V mig machine... about $400 should get you the welder and your very own gas bottle. Go to the local town dump and find some metal scraps, go home and spend about 2 hours teaching yourself how to weld. Then fix your exhaust. Congrats, for less money than it would have cost to pay someone else to fix your car you just got a very useful machine and the skills to keep your car alive indefinitely.

I'm going to go to another indy shop tomorrow and see if they will just weld it on. I do like the way Greasy Beast thinks though. I would take the time to just do a bolt-on system if I could find one. I'll have to call phil and see if this requires welding.

ya beat me to it GB, but I would recommend a 240V machine, and the tall bottle of co/ag and a spool of .023 wire. about 600.00 from miller or lincoln whichever you prefer. WAY better than a cheapo 110V system.
John

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"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 560SL convertible
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
2005 Dodge Sprinter 2500 158"WB
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

Mine also, has fallen off.



Rather, I cut it off. The PO had installed a gasser's muffler; it was choaking the turbo. A trip to murrays a sawz-all was all it took. Sure pipe-clamps arnt to professional looking; but it's better than the $90 that I was quoted at Tuffys. Cost me $30 and a couple of hours of time.

I must note that your exaust might not be round at that section. Mine wasnt - it requiered me to use a C-clamp to form the new tubing into an oval.




Michigan dosnt have smog tests or anything similar to that.

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-1983 VW Rabbit LS Diesel (5speed, VNT/Giles build)

if smog tests are not a problem, why didn't you just put in a straight pipe? the turbo should quiet your motor fine... the NA motor NEEDS a muffler.
John

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 560SL convertible
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
2005 Dodge Sprinter 2500 158"WB
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

a glasspack's a muffeler... they're like $20... When they burn up (4 months tops), they're straight pipes...

for $750 you can buy a NICE 110 welder (hobart 140, with cart $500)...

Phil can hook u up with the exhaust...



~Nate

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1999 Plymouth Neon Expresso. 2.4 swap, 10.5 to 1 comp, big cams. Autocross time attack vehicle!
2012 Escape, 'hunter" (5 sp 4cyl)

It is a straight pipe.


With a "downtube." Murrays sell them with a swedged end so they fit togeather.


NO notacable effect in sound

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-1983 VW Rabbit LS Diesel (5speed, VNT/Giles build)

Just do what ConnClark did:
Link: Cherry bomb muffler( I'm going to get flack for this)

Cheaper and nicer looking too.

Louis.

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