That's odd; I had to replace the front pipe on my 99, which includes a similar apparatus. It rotted out right at the weld between the long section of pipe and the filter/catalyst.
The dealer said that the things were ONLY available refurb. $523 by the time tax and a new donut were added on. ($150 core!) -- John W Reames jream...@verizon.net Home: +14106646986 Mobile: +14437915905 On Apr 27, 2013, at 20:05, Max Dillon <meadedil...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > Went over to a friends place and made a more permanent fix to my exhaust > situation. You may remember that the catalytic converter rusted and broke, > so I cut it out and tried to substitute with a straight pipe. Never could > get all the joints to seal, poor car sounded like it had a rice burner fart > can exhaust. > > Price of a new converter from MB is north of $1600, not an option for me. > > Fellow on the MBCA forum gave me some info on Magnaflow aftermarket > converters for diesel engines. Found one for $90 from O'reilly, so I ordered > that and a bunch of adapters. We also used some of the original muffler pipe > (I had earlier replaced both the resonator and the exhaust). > > All told, about $130 in parts, then about four hours for the two of us to fit > the pieces up and weld it together. > > My only beef is the connection to the two front pipes (coming from the > exhaust manifold). Hard to find a good match from metric exhaust to American > exhaust pipe sizes. I've got two exhaust clamps there, but it still leaks a > bit. Probably need to cut up a can and wrap a few layers to fill up the gaps > and get a better seal. > -- > Max Dillon > Charleston SC > '95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20 > <IMG_20130427_142612_389.jpg> > <IMG_20130427_125142_609.jpg> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
