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What Would Rudolph Do? 1999 E300D, 1975 300D |
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what do you fix when 10 mins into driving the car the main air flap closes and won't reopen in any setting except AC/Cold ? ? ? I need heat! Fan runs but vents close = suck
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1984 300D "Brown (and Blue) Betty" Over 200k but the odometer isn't counting |
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Well, I'll be....
Dunno why I didn't think of that ....
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78 300d 158k driver 80 300d 200k fixer 80 300d parts car 98 Cherokee 240k " I know for certain that someday while parking or un-parking my Jeep Cherokee, I'm gonna' either pull the headlight switch right outa' its dashboard OR stomp its hood release lever clean offa' the kick panel. It's just a matter of which will happen first." ![]() |
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Questions on Item #1.
Do you open and close the new valve based on need for heat? Are you removing monovalve or just unplugging electrical connection? Does the thermostat still regulate temperature?
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Joe Myers '83 300D (light blue) '82 300TD (off white - parked) '87 300SDL (silver) '75 300D (black - sold) '76 300D (beige - totaled by pizza delivery car) '82 300D (metalic blue) sold |
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I can see maybe jacking with the vent situation, but the monovalve repair kit is very easy and not expensive....
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Jimmy L. '05 Acura TL 6MT ![]() 2001 ML430 My Spare Gone: '95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black '85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White '80 240D 154K "China" ![]() '81 300TD 240K "Smash" '80 240D 230K "The Squash" '81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John |
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My impression is that the aux pump is only needed to boost flow at idle. So maybe a straight through connection would suffice in most cases. Does anyone know if the aux pump reduces flow if it is not working?
The manual changes to the flaps sounds promising.
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Joe Myers '83 300D (light blue) '82 300TD (off white - parked) '87 300SDL (silver) '75 300D (black - sold) '76 300D (beige - totaled by pizza delivery car) '82 300D (metalic blue) sold |
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Aside my three Merc's I have had several Buicks and Cadillacs with climate control. I HATE THE @#$^@@%@ things. Just give me a fan switch, temperature knob and vent control!!!!!
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Item #3...may be easy if you hands the size of a 4 year old little girl! I thought it was very tight back there...but I was try to re-attach the metal strip to the vac pod.
What I wound up doing was using a long screw driver to hold the flap open...then on the right hand side down by the glove box you will see a little white "button" which is actually the flap's pivot point....Super Glue it! Has the same effect...lots of cold air outta the center vents. In fact I think you can do this with out even taking the glove box out (much less removing the whole dang dash!).
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Mark 1983 300TD Wagon Even a broken watch is right twice a day |
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You can get a replacement monovalve kit for $20 and replacement rubber diaphrams for the pods for $5 a piece. How much cheaper can you get?
Then the system works great. No hassles.
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Michael LaFleur '05 E320 CDI - 86,000 miles '86 300SDL - 360,000 miles '85 300SD - 150,000 miles (sold) '89 190D - 120,000 miles (sold) '85 300SD - 317,000 miles (sold) '98 ML320 - 270,000 miles (sold) '75 300D - 170,000 miles (sold) '83 Harley Davidson FLTC (Broken again) :-( '61 Plymouth Valiant - 60k mikes 2004 Papillon (Oliver) 2005 Tzitzu (Griffon) 2009 Welsh Corgi (Buba) ![]() |
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Maybe once upon a time they were $20 but they ain't no more:
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Yes the pump flows fine if it is not working, but believe me at idle on a cold morning sitting in traffic, that aux pump is really nice! Beats sticking it in neutral and reving the engine to increase the coolant flow.
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1981 300D 147k 1998 VW Jetta Tdi 320k 2001 Dodge Ram 2500 141k 1979 300D 234k (sold) 1984 300D "Astor" 262k(sold) Mercedes How-To and Repair Pictorials I love the smell of diesel smoke in my hair ![]() |
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I bought one last month for $20.
Easy to find on eBay.
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Michael LaFleur '05 E320 CDI - 86,000 miles '86 300SDL - 360,000 miles '85 300SD - 150,000 miles (sold) '89 190D - 120,000 miles (sold) '85 300SD - 317,000 miles (sold) '98 ML320 - 270,000 miles (sold) '75 300D - 170,000 miles (sold) '83 Harley Davidson FLTC (Broken again) :-( '61 Plymouth Valiant - 60k mikes 2004 Papillon (Oliver) 2005 Tzitzu (Griffon) 2009 Welsh Corgi (Buba) ![]() |
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