I would convert to the manual climate if you can find the setup for a W116.

You might keep the rear windows powered but make the fronts manual -- that way you can lower the rears from the front. I'm actually a fan of power windows because of how much easier it makes it for me to control the airflow in the car. Is there any reason that the manual regulators would last longer?

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