Hey Mike, sorry about that, I made some small changes and will repost with updated pics. I didn't think anyone had responded yet.

For some reason my computer wasn't letting me respond to your PM. It does that now and then. Hit refresh, hit back arrow, forward arrow, nothing worked.

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1986 300SDL, 362K
1984 300D, 138K

Thanks! Wish I'd used 1" bolts instead of 1-1/4" but none of it is really in the way.

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My take is that most people might have one spare. Doesn't bother me in the least that no one offered one up.

I have a small walking issue for the next few weeks - the Newark yard has a '70 300, not sure if it has a suffix but it's a W123, looks nice in the pic, but it's a long walk back to the Euro section. Long walk to make if that stuff is already gone especially. So it was easier to go my hillbilly engineer route.

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A 1970 won't be a W123 .

I don't know if the clamps would be the same .

I thought I had some spares but haven't been able to find them....

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-Nate
1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better

I’m sorry, typed that wrong. Should have been ‘77:

https://www.picknpull.com/check-inventory/vehicle-details/RNDV3cWPakmNxBULa0NsPvDrG

Nice looking in the photo. Who knows. They refer to it as a 300. Not sure if that’s right. Same color as mine. If I needed a body part, a door for example, I’d be making a beeline.

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1984 300D, 138K

I'm pretty sure I have some of those spacer clamps.

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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 need some if the OP doesn't want them.

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1983 300D Midnight Blue
4 speed, W115 intake mani, non-EGR exhaust mani, KKK K26, 3 pc Euro bumpers, Lo-spec Euro headlights, AL129X, hubcaps, custom A/C

1987 300TD Smoke Silver
Euro headlights, thermostat relocation, coolant bypass mod, rebuilt Becker + Jehnert + Helix audio, OEM Oris roof boxes and surfboard racks, Euro towbar

1983 300TD Reed (Moss) Green / Dark Olive MB Tex Euro spec

1983 300TD Silver Blue / Blue cloth Euro spec, OM648 and 722.6, 15" hubcaps, W126 S2 brakes

Thanks Tom but I think I'll be good for now. I feel certain I'll see some at a boneyard someday.

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1984 300D, 138K

Damn ! .

I went to my favorite LKQ yard , they had FIVE old Mercedes Diesels and only two badly worn clamps .

I figured to grab a full set for you .

They didn't have any of the other parts I needed either .

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-Nate
1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better

They get picked over here pretty quick also.

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1986 300SDL, 362K
1984 300D, 138K

Those look as though they will do the trick. You might consider putting a dab of the Permatex Red silicone between the steel lines and the rubber just as a fixative to prevent slippage as the rubber wears in.


Edit* What happened to your post with your fix/pix? It was there and now it's gone.

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I get a kick out of fabbing stuff but stock sorta looks better. Next time I see some at the boneyard I might get them. I'm not seeing a lot of 617s lately though.

I didn't have any red silicone on hand so I used a dab of CRC red brake anti squeal compound on two more that I took off to skinny up. Might be similar. And the color is right.

This shows the indent in the rubber. Was glad to see it. I was a tiny bit worried about too much pressure on the fuel lines but they seem unperturbed in the clamping locations. And you can see the ruts in the rubber for home position action.

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Very nice ! .

I've not lived in the country for decades and in the mid 1960's the county guy would come around looking for old dead pickup / cars and then bill you a 'luxury tax' on them....

Many farmers took to piling old brush around and on their 1920's & 1930's junkers forcing them to become small animal farms and rusting away.... .

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-Nate
1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better

Wow, that's harsh.

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Te futueo et caballum tuum

1986 300SDL, 362K
1984 300D, 138K