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"Improved" Meyle HD Air Cleaner bracket broke after ~15k miles
Anyone know a better brand? Does the dealer still carry OEM?
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cbjukraine '84 300D |
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I have had mine on for about 15K, wish me luck haha
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And mine broke in an uncommon place, I think. Mine broke where the arm extends out to the mounting point farthest from the manifolds. The whole arm just snapped basically in the middle. Anyone have this happen before?
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cbjukraine '84 300D |
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You could re-weld it and weld in more metal for extra support... prolly be the better than another Meyle or OEM one, both break after a while.
Make sure your engine is tuned properly so that your vibrations are cut down to a minimum.
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1985 300TD Turbo Euro-wagon 1979 280CE 225,200 miles 1985 300D Turbo 264,000 miles 1976 240D 190,000 miles 1979 300TD 220,000 GONE but not forgotten 1976 300D 195,300 miles 1983 300D Turbo 175,000 miles http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...e485-1-2-1.jpg |
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I found the best repair for the air cleaner bracket is to first to an extensive valve adjustment then replace the bracket. Include in this a replacement of the rubber shock mounts for the air cleaner housing and the o-rings for the separator drain help with this as well. If you just keep replacing brackets, without doing anything about the vibrations, you end up with and expensive frustration. Been there, done that.
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Sam 84 300SD 350K+ miles ( Blue Belle ) |
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Yes its very important that you get rid of most of the vibrations on that air cleaner. I've got all new mounts, head shields, proper valve adjustment, idle adjusted to 750, and an exhaust hanger wedged between the valve cover and the air cleaner. The only issue I've had recently was the rear mount un-screwing itself.
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Try a self-locking nut on the bottom of the mount stud.
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