The compressor for my 250 is sitting in a cabinet. It's been there for about a year. No worries, and now my alternator is a lot easier to get to. I took the compressor off my 240D once, but for reasons I don't remember, I put it back on.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 401,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 26,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.
99 Mazda Miata 183,xxx miles.