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Originally Posted by Bio300TDTdriver
The switch is a miniature SPDT toggle, very non-Mercedes in appearance but also very small and, with its black handle, hard to see. I'll just have to hope that the concours judges miss it.
Why don't you see if one of your spare rheostat switches or the odometer reset knob will slide on to it. At least it will be from Mercedes then.
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An interesting suggestion, thanks. Let me see what I can find in my parts box.
Today I repeated yesterday's driving test with the belly pans back on the car. Everything else was the same except it was about 10 degrees cooler today. Even so, the engine oil got hotter (almost 220ºF or 105ºC) and the transmission fluid stayed a little cooler (about 150ºF or 65ºC).
Without the belly pans, the wind from the road would have blown onto the engine oil pan, cooling it, while the hot breeze would then have warmed the transmission. (That's just a guess.)
Jeremy
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