"Reverend?" Jeff,
Wheeew! [sp?]… you were sure not at a loss for words!! Are you a Preacher or Priest? You included enough for three separate THREADS all in one POST! A bit of tongue-and-cheek advice – in the future think of these THREADS and the POSTS in each THREAD as being part of a huge technical database that will be archived and then in the future someone will be SEARCHING and seeking specific help on a technical problem [ just as you did ]… so it’s probably best for future readers IF we try to keep our POSTS in each THREAD consistent with the very first subject line of the THREAD… a subject line that it appears even the original author canNOT change. MOST of your POST falls into two different categories: (1) Engine/Transmission vacuum system, and (2) Door Lock vacuum system. This THREAD was intended to address the Engine/Transmission Vacuum.
Now that I have chided you, let me also compliment you for your dogged determination to solve your vacuum problems and your capacity to deal with so many different things that were wrong on your car in these vacuum systems.
I thank you for your compliments and recognition for myself and Brian in your POST. Such courtesy and civility is often overlooked by many of us who have become too familiar with one another here on the FORUM.
Regarding the subject of Door Lock Vacuum Control systems on W123 chassis cars, just in case you missed it, take a look at this THREAD:
W123 Vacuum InterLock Diagram
and more specifically at POST #5 :
W123 Vacuum InterLock Diagram
where you will find 3 links to space on a WebSite donated by someone I met on this FORUM… links to two different file formats of a color diagram for the W123 Vacuum System for the Door Lock System [ a good future reference to print and share with others ]:
http://ericandkat.com/mercedes/W123VacDoorLockDiag.doc
http://ericandkat.com/mercedes/W123VacDoorLockDiag.WMF
and another link to a photo showing how to use small electric wire ties to salvage many of the loose/leaking rubber vacuum connectors:
http://ericandkat.com/mercedes/W123VacDoorLockDiag.JPG
Welcome to the FORUM "Rev" and please try NOT to write your POSTs on Sunday!!
Regards,