124-800-00-75 - Defroster flap control
124-800-02-75 - Center vent air flap control
124-800-03-75 - Cold air flap control (diverter)
124-800-04-75 - Main air flap control (Left)
124-800-11-75 - Main air flap control (Right)

124-800-01-75 - Footwell flap control (Round, 2 required) - Up to VIN 289309
OR
124-800-09-75 - Footwell flap control (Rectangle, 1 required) - From VIN 289310


Numbers 00, 04, and 11 are "dual chamber" pods. Numbers 01, 02, 03, and 09 are "single chamber". All of 6 them will be ~$150 new. Note that later 124 chassis with the dust filter use different part numbers for all three dual-chamber pods. The numbers listed above are for cars without the dust filter (pre-1990).

Haven't been here in a while, but it's time now to replace all the vacuum pods in the dash. Suffered through the summer here in Phoenix with the A/C blowing through the defrost vents. Not gonna go through another summer without center vents.

Mine is a 1992 W124 - 300CE, and I don't know whether it has a cabin filter or not. Here's what I found on "auto-haus-az-dot-com" for my model/year.

124-800-03-75 Vacuum Element; For Climate Control Cold Air Flap
124-800-02-75 Vacuum Element; For Control of AC Shut Off Flaps
124-800-09-75 Vacuum Element; For Control of Left Legroom Air Flap
124-800-26-75 Vacuum Element; For Defroster Flap

Apparently, they don't have the recirc/fresh air pods. You may have answered my question many times, but wasn't able to find it quickly. So, here goes... Are the recirc/fresh air pods accessible with the dash in place and if so, or not, are they typically bad when being replaced?

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It does not have a cabin filter. Only 1994-95 model years have the filters. These models also use different main/fresh air (recirc) pods (the shafts are different, I believe, the pods should be the same).


Yup, theY do have them, but you will need to search by part number, not via their model/year catalog. They are the #04 and #11 mentioned in my list above.


The only pods which can be replaced with the dash in place are the footwell and defrost. Since you want to fix the center vents, you will have to pull the dash. And if you do that, you should replace ALL the pods, even if they have not yet failed; as you will not want to pull the dash again in a couple years to replace the next old/dead pod.


On a side note, it appears that a couple of the pod numbers are different based on model year and/or VIN. My original list in the first post applies to 86-89 and early 90. The defrost pod changed part numbers (from #00 to #26) in late '90, I believe. As noted in the original post, the models with dust filter (94-95) have different part numbers; although I strongly suspect it's just due to the flat metal shaft, which I don't replace on the main air pods anyway - it's easier to leave the old ones in place and just replace the pod itself. You'll see what I mean when you get in there.