With springtime in the South East US comes the dreaded double "H" (Heat and Humidity)

Turned on the AC in the 87 300D, worked really well for about 15 minutes and then a lot of mist came out of thet vents, followd by warm air.

The ACC unit had failed, causing the compressor to not cycle, which blew out the front seal on the compressor and blew out the evaporator in the heater box inside the car.

I saw the evaporator after the dash had been removed, and the whole lower side had been peeled back.

Total damage to the wallet was $4400.00, which was for all new AC components (compressor, receiver/dryer, evaporator, etc), a new ACC unit, and labor. I also had the tech replace all the vacumn servos and all the vacumn lines along with all the little light bulbs since the dash was already out

The thing that I saw when the dash was out, was that there is a very hefty tubular brace that runs from one side of the car to the other. This has to be a major part of the "safety cage" for this car.

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Chris Young

Current cars:
1978 240D 4-spd manual 99k miles
1987 300TD - 132k miles
1987 300SDL - 280k miles.
1996 Subaru Outback - 132k miles
2003 Chevy Silverado Duramax/Allison - 195k miles

"My wife thinks I have a disease..... I think I have just inhaled too much diesel exhaust .... My neighbors think, well, who cares what the neighbors think"