I have all the lower body molding off the SD at the moment, I'm working on repainting it. here is what I found under the molding. Looks like th old girl crapped her pants







After some degreaser, scrubbing and Mr. Pressure Washer...







its amazing how dirty it is under those pieces of plastic!

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I see no pics.

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Current cars:
2000 ML55 AMG, 174k miles
2003 C240 T-Modell, 202k miles
1995 S320, 207k Miles

drrr, got that fixed

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Dual exhaust? Soot a lot of prius's?

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1981 300TD 4 speed manual
Euro bumpers, zender valance and skirts, H&R springs, billy HD's, leveled sls, real AMG Pentas 16x8 et11, vdo boost/egt gauges intergrated into ash tray, eurolights, led 3rd brake light

yeah, I made the dual exhaust in high school. its getting replaced with 3" as part of my "face lift"

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Nice. Is this just a 2.5 y pipe style setup?

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1981 300TD 4 speed manual
Euro bumpers, zender valance and skirts, H&R springs, billy HD's, leveled sls, real AMG Pentas 16x8 et11, vdo boost/egt gauges intergrated into ash tray, eurolights, led 3rd brake light

yeah its 2.5 Y'd just before the diff.

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Now you dont have to paint it. It looks great.

Curious what the dual sounds like? I imagine it doesnt sound any different, yes?

I am looking forward to seeing more pics of the whole process. What did it take to remove everything? I am about to under take this as well.

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83 300TD (need rear wiper assembly dead or alive)
84 300SD Daily driver
85 300TD almost 400k miles and driven daily.
98 E300D *sold
86 300SDL *sold and made flawless 10 hour journey to new home.

Man, I was just messing with my Benz tonight and wondered these same two questions;1 what's it take to remove all the molding ans 2. Wonder if I can make dual from the Y pipe and what would it sound like? Got any pics of underneath?

Good timing!

Ah the parts not normally washed.. I shudder to think what I would find in my bumpers If they ever came off...

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hum.....
1987 300TD 311,000M Stolen. Presumed destroyed

Looks like it had a leaky exhaust at some stage.
All that dirt is very good at holding moisture & starting rust!!
It looks great after the clean.
I like the look of your hog!!!

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Grumpy Old Diesel Owners Club group

I no longer question authority, I annoy authority. More effect, less effort....

1967 230-6 auto parts car. rust bucket.
1980 300D now parts car 800k miles
1984 300D 500k miles
1987 250td 160k miles English import
2001 jeep turbo diesel 130k miles
1998 jeep tdi ~ followed me home. Needs a turbo.
1968 Ford F750 truck. 6-354 diesel conversion.
Other toys ~J.D.,Cat & GM ~ mainly earth moving

GAWD that was so thick I thought it was undercoating.

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1987 300D (230,000 mi on a #14 head-watching the temp gauge and keeping the ghost in the machine)
Raleigh NC - Home of deep fried sushi!

the dual exhaust didn't sound any different really. I did have a bad exhaust leak....
Jim B loves this story, so i'll tell it again lol.
During high school... I set off some bottle rockets over Clear Lake... they are illegal, but thats why I set them off over the lake, didn't wanna start a fire. they when off illuminating the Sheriffs boat. they headed for the dock we were on, myself and 3 of my friends ran for the SD. we got in the car and heard boots on the dock, so i punched it, went up a curb and on to the street. this ripped up the resonators (kidneys) so I cut them out... well then the exhaust hung to low and I didn't like that so i tried to fab up some hangers... some how this caused the failure of my flex pipe.... but I didn't know that. my friend and i decided to rebuild the exhaust. we got a new muffler and everything, welded it up only to have the car sounds the same, we inspected all the exhaust (under the car) and found no leaks. popped the hood and the flex pipe was gone! we repaired that and then everything should have been done... except, we decided to have some beers, after talking it over the next day took it all apart and fabbed up the straight pipe dual exhaust. mainly for looks, and cause the car sounded really good without the flex pipe, but we wanted the exhaust to come out the back.

the car has had the dual exhaust for the last 6 years!

Its time for something new.

3" straight pipe!

PS the bike is my roommates, I don't ride, thought about it, but haven't done it yet.

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Tomorrow I'm taking off the old dual exhaust, and getting nasty with the pressure washer under the car. I'll take more pictures.

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Removing the molding is kind of a bear. you have to get a screwdriver under it up next to the clips that hold it on, and then pry on the molding and pop it of. on the top, at ether end of the molding panel there are some clips that slide, they don't pop, and they slide in different directions depending on the panel, so be careful at those places. I had a friend help me so i didn't just get pissed off and rip them off.

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