I’m probably paranoid, but I like to hear a little mechanical noise. What bothers me is the wind whistles. While I’m thinking about it – I love vent windows, and once swore I’d never buy a car without them. When Mercedes did away with them I’d see a lot of those air deflectors – I’d say ugly, but wouldn’t want to offend anyone. Are they still available? Do they work? I can’t find any and am driven to drive around with my window rolled down.
Chan

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89 300E
79 240D
72 Westy
63 Bug sunroof
85 Jeep CJ7
86 Chevy 6.2l diesel PU

"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane."
Marcus Aurelius

My brain may not be in gear this morning, but Chris what is the IP?

John

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My 240D Gallery http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/vbpicgallery.php?do=view&g=290

John:

IP==Injection pump....what appears to be the source of the knock, knock, knock sounds as the engine is idling.

Chris
'85 300SD

i'm looking at some fatmat, mostly for the hood pad, but also potentially for doors and floors on my wagon. maybe along the firewall if someone has found a cheap and easy fix.

any news from past users?

david

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newfane, vt
84 300td 223k modified greasel conversion (sold)
92 300d 2.5 185k with frybrid kit

I used DynaMat Extreme all ove rthe inside of my truck and that did wonders...but was expensive........I was thinking about doing my cars with the Fatmat too due to price...but haven't tried it yet. Would love my cars to be as quiet as possible on the highway....the W116 needs it more than the W123 however.

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Proud owner of ....
1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

I just cut some 1" foam with aluminum facing up for my MB's new hoodliner but I haven't glued it into position. It was purchased for a reasonable price at McMaster's site.

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Jeff M.
Mercedes W123 DIY pages are now located here.
1983 / 1984 300D Sold
2000 CLK430 Cabriolet ~58k Sold
2005 Avalanche 4x4 ~66k

the item for sale on e-bay is $62(that's the one wiith aluminum foil)this item is not oem but made in europe for mercedes. i have this on all my 300d's, i also sprayed the same polymer on my coupe. i sprayed the eng firewall and underneath the hood(just before i glued the pad), couldn't really tell cuz my coupe has a semi-custom exhaust, it's already louder than stock. the polymer is really a good product, expensive though!, i've used it inside some of my cars, and it does make a difference. plus it's water base-easy clean-up, but it dries like really hard-hard rubber.
for the guy from stockton, i usually get my parts from a&f in oakland(wholesale shop) for $62(no shipping)........john

how hard is it to install? i dont really care about the price. A quiet diesel! sounds awesome.

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Rod - Ali
1986 300SDL (w126) - 111k
1991 420SEL (w126) - 123k
1981 300SD (w126) - 205k (passed away 2/20/06)
1985 300SD (w126 - 185k
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A very similiar polymer, water clean up is available at McMaster as a 5 gallon bucket as these other places are looking for with just 1 gallon. I have no first hand knowledge with it though, from what I hear the most cost effective sound insulator is... well from Home Depot. There is an adhesive backed, aluminum faced, asphalt based type stuff in a roll like 6" wide and pretty darn long for $16, it is called Peal'n'Seal.

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Jeff M.
Mercedes W123 DIY pages are now located here.
1983 / 1984 300D Sold
2000 CLK430 Cabriolet ~58k Sold
2005 Avalanche 4x4 ~66k