Sometimes you have to wonder about us old Benz owners. We can and will do the most insane things.

A case in point. I just spent the last three hours pulling the heater core out of my '73 280.

Normal? It's June 14th, in Tucson, 103 degrees F, in the sun. Am I doing it to fix the A/C? Nooo, I'm doing it because I am tired of seeing the bypass I installed when the core started leaking last fall.

I'm tempted to not clean and oil the fan just so I can re-do it next winter but pulling the box is enough fun for one lifetime.

Many an old Benz went to the boneyard cuz of a leaky core or a bad blower motor..
You put up with it for a while , but then something else starts acting up thats gonna cost a few $$$$ and it comes right back to the core/blower being the deciding factor ......

I've been questioning my critical thinking skills since I bought my Benz, too.

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Carmody
Wichita, Kansas USA
Air Capital of the World


1968 220 (my first MB!)

I hear that! My Chick recently mentioned that for all the money and time I've put into this car, I could have been making fairly high car payments on a more current off-lease car!

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1989 300E 144K

Matt, that's funny!

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Regards

Warren

Currently 1965 220Sb, 2002 FORD Crown Vic Police Interceptor

Had 1965 220SEb, 1967 230S, 280SE 4.5, 300SE (W126), 420SEL

ENTER > = (HP RPN)

Not part of the in-crowd since 1952.

I'm pretty sure that high CO levels in the exhaust, and that which undoubtedly leaks into the passenger compartment is at least partially to blame for much of the "unconventional" thought processes of we old MB owners

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Marty D.

2013 C300 4Matic
1984 BMW 733i
2013 Lincoln MKz

You are insane - AC muy importante aqui en Tejas.

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- Brian


1989 500SEL Euro
1966 250SE Cabriolet
1958 BMW Isetta 600

I didn't say the A/C doesn't work but for some reason I'm fixing the heater core which we use every fourth year here in Tucson. Es no muy calore aqui! In July it will be "fumar"!

Summers here always bring to mind the words of Slim Pickins in "Blazing Saddles".

"You boys are all lollygagging around like it's 120 degrees, cain't be more than 114 in the shade!"

So you're AC works, yet your fixing your heater core? I'm not sure if that makes you more or less crazy than what I first thought.

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- Brian


1989 500SEL Euro
1966 250SE Cabriolet
1958 BMW Isetta 600

This is why my repair bills come out of my pocket and aren't discussed with my husband.

He doesn't need to know how much the custom seatcovers I got from "The Great Sheep" cost either.

They look really good in my "Euro cheese and wine tote-ing social-mobile"

Ann

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1972 280 SEL 4.5 "Henrietta" - The Learning Experience
1972 280 SEL 4.5 "Brunhilda" - Pretty Sponge for $100.00 Bills

... Poupone' ???

After living in Houston, TX for four years (without A/C in my car - very Euro ), I am still waiting for that hot summer in Atlanta that everybody talks about

Bert (still without A/C...)

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'70 111 280SE/c 3.5 (4 spd manual) - sold
'63 MGB
'73 MGBGT V8

LAWD!! You must not have to drive very often during rush hour!

After living in Houston for the past 38 years (born and raised), I can say, without and question or doubt, that YOU ARE INSANE. Atlanta summers probably feel like the Carribean.

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- Brian


1989 500SEL Euro
1966 250SE Cabriolet
1958 BMW Isetta 600

I am crazy and I admit it, there - step one out of the way

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Ron
2015 Porsche Cayman - Elizabeth
2011 Porsche Cayman - Bond,James Bond
Sadly MERCEDESLESS - ALways LOOKING !
99 E320 THE Queen Mary - SOLD
62 220b - Dolly - Finally my Finny! Sadly SOLD
72 450SL, Pearl-SOLD
16 F350 6.7 Diesel -THOR
19 BMW X5 - Heaven on Wheels
14 38HP John Deere 3038E Tractor -Mean Green
84 300SD, Benjamin -SOLD
71 220 - W115-Libby ( my first love) -SOLD
73 280 - W114 "Organspende" Rest in Peace
81 380 SL - Rest in Peace