I have wet floorboards and understand that this is due to AC not draining properly. Does anybody have any recomendations as to how to actaully fix this? Just exactly where is this drain supposed to exit around the tranny tunnel? What is the best method to fix this?

I am going to have to replace the rear floorboard driverside due to massive rust, but want to be sure that I fix the source of the problem.

Any help greatly appreciated
R

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I would'nt say I've been missing work...

1982 300D Turbo Diesel

You have to take off the carpeting on the side of the console. To do that you have to take out the radio and CCU in the dash, then unclip the carpet. There is also a screw by the accelerator pedal. Once the carpet is off, you have to twist your hand around behind the firewall and you will see the tube. I replaced mine with a piece of pipe insulation. Wife wants me to go back in and put a ziptie around it 'cause that's how it came from MB (It's her car and she is a perfectionist )

Actually it is a pretty frustrating job. Getting the carpet off is tedious and the workspace under the evaporater is cramped at best. Good luck!

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1980 orient red 240D 4-speed

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1982 Chna Blue 300TD

Other car in the stable:
2013 VW Jetta Sportwagen TDI / 6-speed MT

You should be able to find several good threads on this forum, with pictures, that show you where the a/c drain is located, tightly jammed in next to the firewall behind the a/c unit. You can substitute almost any kind of tubing so that the condensation drains out rather than floods your floorboards.

Once you get the drain fixed, pull all of the floor carpets and make sure the floors are bone dry before you put it back together, so you don't end up with smelly carpet and rust problems later on.

I didn't remove the carpet from the console -- maybe that would have made the job easier?

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Our all-Diesel family
1996 E300D (W210) . .338,000 miles Wife's car
2005 E320 CDI . . 113,000 miles My car
Santa Rosa population 176,762 (2022)
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . 627,762
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-- Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?t=95623&highlight=leak

I'm biting my lip, but there is a very findable link, with pics........

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2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

It's also possible that the windshield seal is the culprit. It's very common in the W123 for this water to run to rear foot wells.

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OK JimmyL I know why it was so easy for you to find. Yea I shudda serached first.

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1982 300D Turbo Diesel

I wish I had given it a better title to make the search a little easier, maybe put "drain" in it, but that was early in my "career"......

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'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

Jimmy;

Could you go back and rename the thread, or have the webmaster retitle it?

John

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2002 F250 powerstroke with Plantdrive WVO conversion
1983 300SD 190K miles ,sold
2006 E320 CDI