Thanks, Paul- did the factory R134 systems also have the bad evaporator?

Yesterday I spoke to a service advisor at the dealer in Chicagoland, who kindly went going over the service history. He told me they had replaced the front & rear brakes and rotors in 2004, and the water pump in 2002, about 15,000 miles ago, so that's another major PIA job out of the way.

Tan Man, thanks for your advice, it's a good idea.

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87 300e (white/black; amg body kit)
88 300ce (red/cream; amg body kit)
93 300ce cabrio (white/blue/blue top)
93 300ce cabrio (black/grey/black top)
98 ml 320 (totaled @ 137,000 miles)
99 clk320 (black/grey/black top)