I'm contemplating investigating the various vacuum lines and vacuum-operated devices in the mighty 300SDL, and notice the outrageous prices for Mercedes-specific vacuum tubing and connectors. Many of these things seem pretty generic. Does anyone know a vendor that sells a range of the types of rubber and plastic fittings and hoses that might be less than Mercedes parts? Haven't hit the right word combination on Google yet, I guess.

thanks
Bruce S.

I've never really found them anywhere. You can pull them from the pick'n'pulls when you find soft ones. I've found that if you replace them now you'll never have to think about them again. Using used ones you may have to replace again. So the easily accessed ones I often find used replacements, but the ones that are hard to reach, like under the dash I use new ones.

You can get them through Fastlane
PeachParts FastLane Mercedes Parts Store - Vacuum

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