I acquired this new downpipe and installed it on my car last month. It fit quite well and replaced the OE pipe that had been pitted and broken at the flex joint. I’d patched it with soup cans and muffler paste for a few years but this last time it sprung a leak I realized it was more soup cans than original pipe.

Happy to get this bolt in replacement for less than $200. The fit is perfect. Bolted right in.










A few hours after I installed this my house in Altadena burned down. I forgot to share it in all the confusion. The car survived as did I. That’s what matters.

Gotta laugh at everything.

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79 300TD “Old Smokey” AKA “The Mistake” (SOLD)
82 240D stick shift 335k miles (SOLD)
82 300SD 300k miles
85 300D Turbodiesel 170k miles
97 C280 147k miles

Wow So sorry to hear about your house burning down!
That's just awful. Was that that the Eaton fire?


Take care,
Jeff

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1984 300SD 300,000 miles--two tank WVO setup
2.88 diff & 500SEL anti-squat rear end

Carl… I thought you were a bit further west. I’m really sorry to hear it.

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1981 240D 4sp manual. Ivory White.

Wow, sorry to hear about your house. Good deal on the pipe though.

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Jim

Eaton fire.

The house was on the east side of Lake Ave and Altadena Drive. The fire tore a swath for miles across the city from Eaton Canyon all the way to Lincoln. We were right in the middle of it. Right near the Chevron station.

It has been a month but I’m still pretty shaken up.

Yeah the pipe is a cool deal. It’s amazing they make that thing for the 300SD w126. It bolts right in. I was going to weld up a section of flex pipe but I realized I’d use thirty bucks of Argon to do it plus a few more to get a new flex section. It made dollar sense just to buy it.

I was really happy lying in my garage floor installing it. The winds were kicking up and I had no idea what was brewing. It all happened really fast. I uploaded the pipe photos the afternoon of the 7th. I forgot about them till now. The exhaust leak has stopped.

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79 300TD “Old Smokey” AKA “The Mistake” (SOLD)
82 240D stick shift 335k miles (SOLD)
82 300SD 300k miles
85 300D Turbodiesel 170k miles
97 C280 147k miles

Very sorry about the loss of your home. Glad you are ok.

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"Rudeness is a weak man's imitation of strength" - Eric Hoffer