I just bought a 1984 126 and drove it 700 miles home with no problem. But one Sat. while checking the AC operation under the hood a small fire erupted just under the brake master cylinder. As it turned out this car had been parked under trees. And a bunch of leaves had collected in a space behind the engine and in front of the firewall. Well, over time these leaves became compacted and eventually collected near the blower resister. The resister is a metal box like a big piece of swiss cheese with four springs inside it. It was the springs that glowed red hot that ignited the leaves. Lucky for me the car was idling in my drive way when the heat generated by the resistor finally caught the leaves on fire. No damage though. I replaced the resistor and the blower motor too. I used a strong shop vac to remove the debris. Now all is well.
Just thought I would bring this up. And for everyone to take a closer look at the small space under their brake master cylinders.

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