Heading to Pick-n-Pull for Father's Day . . .
 

Hey gang,

As a Father's Day treat, I am heading out to Pick-n-Pull tomorrow in hopes of finding some parts for my '95 E300D. If anyone wants me to keep an eye out for that hard to find something, let me know and I can grab it for you.

Personally, if anyone else is heading out to their local Pick-n-Pull (or other junkyard) and happens to come across a '95 E300D, I REALLY need an AC compressor relay. The part number is 003 545 52 05. This is one of the relays located behind the battery (on the passenger side) - they all hide behind a removable plastic cover directly behind the battery. Would be a little black plastic box and the part number will be printed in white letters right on top. The whole thing is about the size of a deck of cards. Should anyone come across one of these, I would be happy to send a few extra beans your way for pulling it for me. Thanks! (I also don't know if the same part has been used in other models or not.)

PS. Many thanks to Phil for suggesting some places to look for a used one, this is just one of those hard to find parts.

If you spot a late W126 that still has the front tow hook cover I'm looking for one :)

-Jason

I could probably grab that relay for you on monday. could you post a pic with it circled so I can be sure I am grabbing the right one?

My 95 has a crack in the drivers side of the lower grill, wanna send up the lower bumper!? ;) Actually I was thinkin of cutting and splicing one in using Marine Tex.

Had no idea the relay is a hard to find item. I would guess my intermittent trunk light switch is also hard to find. I would be oblidged if you could pull that for me. But if not, I;m sure I could find abother switch to use.

Enjoy! I think I might do a car show today with the old Chevelle for Fathers Day.

Well, I might be being a little dramatic - they are possible to find new, but cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $200, so I would much rather find a used one - and cheap. Luckily for us, the '95 E300D is a little more rare which makes finding junked ones harder - just want to check around before I bite the bullet.

On a side note, I won't be spending the whole day at Pick-n-Pull, the fam and I are off to the zoo after that. Well, gotta get ready to go. Last call!

Nice. Okay,I will get a pic posted soon. Thanks Sam!

Good luck to you! The newest MB diesel I've ever had at my PnP yard was an 87... :(

Is that the Klima Relay? If so, I got like 3 of them...

Oh crap, looking at your above post it sounds like it might be a diesel only part.

The car this would be coming off of is a 99 E320.

For that matter, if any needs parts of a 99 E320 let me know quick and show me what it is and how much its worth to you. When I am down there I can ask what the yard wants for it and if the price agrees with you, pull it.

I think the 95 is different. OVP and Klima are combined...

Jim

Yup! As it turns out there was only one Benz on the lot was '85 190, 2.0 liter - and it was pretty well stripped. This was the Pick-n-Pull in St. Louis, in case anyone was thinking of going. Oh well, it was worth a shot - sorry I couldn't help anyone out.

Klima?
 

Well, that is a good question, because I am not exactly sure what the Klima Relay is. Here is a pic of the part (# is 003 545 52 05) You also see the letters "D-KLI/KD" - so does that KLI stand for Klima and what exactly does the Klima relay do? Klima = climate control? When I have had others run the part number I have been told it is the AC Compressor relay but I also have seen it online listed as a "control unit" - is that the same as the Klima? There are two rows of pin connectors - one has a full set of 6 in the row and the other has four. It is obviously not a simple relay (more like a circuit board inside) - so perhaps it is the AC Control Unit.

Someone (PO? PO's shop guy?) had this thing installed upside-down, so instead of shielding the electroincs from moisture, the plastic cover became a nice water holding tank. I will post a pic of what the inside of mine looked like - not pretty!

http://i20.ebayimg.com/06/i/000/ee/58/bc59_1.JPG

Oh, thats the later style Klima/Kickdown relay. I have one of those floating around here somewhere, I gotta look for it.....


Let me see what I can find.

That would be great - thanks for looking!

So do you want me to grab this or not today? If you do I need to know pretty quick, where it is, how much its worth to you etc.