I just looked under the other day and said to myself
self ya gotta put new hangers on this weekend.
Almost made it to the weekend too
Last nite, in the rain, yup, drug the muffler
a half mile before I could get off the road.
And the pair I keep in the car for just this type of
emergency.......at home, in a box where my wife put them
when she cleaned out the car.
So, there I am, in a down pour, layin under the assend
of the car in a parking lot...wiring the freakin exhaust up.

I've had better days

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81 Mercedes 300SD 289k.......SOLD
82 Mercedes 300CD 252k......slow ride

82 mercedes 300 SD...mi Unknown
83 Mercedes 300D ????ksniff..gone too
84 Mercedes 300D 148k........SOLD
85 Mercedes 300TD 386k and holding some one elses project

Had something similar happen but thankfully not in the rain. When I was 16, the gf at the time and I got up early one Saturday we both had off and took the bimmer to IHOP, in nice clothes of course. We made it, ate, and I decided to be nice and get her door for her as we were leaving because you kind of have to slam it to get it to shut right and wouldn't you know it, my shutting the door made the hangers give way and clunk went the muffler! Thankfully that IHOP was right next to a Home Depot so I went and bought some ring clamps and a cheap painter's tarp to lay on and got the thing put back up. Come to think of it, those ring clamps are still holding that muffler up four years later...

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Seth

1984 300D 225K
1985 300D Donor body
1985 300D Turbo 165K. Totaled. Donor Engine. It runs!!!
1980 300SD 311K My New Baby.
1979 BMW 633csi 62K+++? Dead odo

you must have been one loaded 16 year old. Im 17 and could never afford to go to breakfast for two, then by simple things at home depot, then a tarp just so my clothes dont get dirty. Hmm, maybe I should get a job!

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1981 300SD 512k OM603

Yeah....I didn't even have a car until I was 17.........I was just a poor 16 year old riding the bus.

No longer though. College is over in 2 months and then I am going to actually (hopefully) have some money!

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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-
'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

I know what you mean. I can recall using wire to hold up parts of my exhaust system in my early days and keeping an ear open in case part of it came loose.
As a side note;Unbelievably, my Father (separated from us by a divorce) was pissed off at me for buying my own car ($125 in 1968 dollars) by myself with my own money I had earned/saved!
Also, the guy in the other post knew how to fix it right and had the skill to do so and he did not buy that knowledge/skill.

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84 300D, 82 Volvo 244Gl Diesel

To avoid that situation in the future, I've heard that hangars from an SL have a wire core but they are expensive. I looped some aircraft wire around my exhaust so if the hangars fail the wire will keep the exhaust off the road.

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Chad
2013 Jeep Unlimited Rubicon
OBK#44
"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." - Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)

SOLD
1985 300TD - Red Dragon
1986 300SDL - Coda
1991 - 300TE
1995 - E320
1985 300CD - Gladys
2006 Nissan Pathfinder LE
1998 Acura 3.0 CL

That is good to know.
Those hangers that let loose were only about
a yr. old.

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81 Mercedes 300SD 289k.......SOLD
82 Mercedes 300CD 252k......slow ride

82 mercedes 300 SD...mi Unknown
83 Mercedes 300D ????ksniff..gone too
84 Mercedes 300D 148k........SOLD
85 Mercedes 300TD 386k and holding some one elses project

lol, not only did he have the money to eat out at ihop, but he also had the money to buy a tarp and clamps. This guys loaded.

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Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

As long as they would add one additional commandment for you to keep thy religion to thyself.
George Carlin (Wonder where he is now..)

1981 240d (engine donor 1983 240d) recently rebuilt engine hurray! - No more.. fought a tree and the tree won.

pearl black 1983 240d 4speed (Converted!@$$%) atleast the tranny was rebuilt.

I have been through all this too with the W126.

Buy 560SL hangars. Not only will they fit, but INSIDE (where you can't see) they have steel reinforcement rings!! You will likely never need another. The standard ones for the W126 SE/SEL/SEC are ordinary rubber, better than the donut O rings found at Autozone, Napa, Checker, etc, but worse than the 560SL hangars which will fit.

I was told this by two absolute EXPERT W126 mechanics, one in Los Angeles and by another, near the San Francisco airport.


(note: late edit: noticed that you may now only run the W123. I dont knwo for sure if the 560SL hangars fit on those.)

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

Get a job.

I replaced all the exhuast hangers right after I got the car, I noticed they were pretty cracked and shot looking. I probably should check them again.

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2006 CL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2026 Genesis GV70
2007 Tiara 3200

Good to know, when I go to the dealer to get an alighnment I'll get a few.

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2006 CL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2026 Genesis GV70
2007 Tiara 3200