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12-11-2011, 01:39 PM
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Rodent entry found
In my 79 240D, a slight aroma of mouse piss when I have the heat on, inspired me to remove the driver side knee panel and look around. Looking back under the console I could see allot of light coming from a short pipe that comes down from the heater area.(I had a drop on under the car) Looking under the car this pipe comes out in the middle of the tunnel above the tranny. All the times I've have the engines in and out of these cars, I've never noticed that hole in the tranny tunnel
 What the heck is it?  AC water drain? Inside it looked like it had insulation on it at one time but now its all open to the rodent world. I stuffed some course steel wool around whats left of the pipe. I no longer have AC in this car if thats a factor.
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 1985 Euro 240D 5 spd 140K 1979 240D 5 spd, 40K on engine rebuild 1994 Dodge/Cummins, 5 spd, 121K 1964 Allice Chalmers D15 tractor 2014 Kubota L3800 tractor 1964 VW bug "Lifes too short to drive a boring car" 
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12-11-2011, 02:09 PM
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Eau de mouse piss?
It's a Christmas winner! Here's a picture of my tunnel  No holes on top except the shifter hole. Hole on side for parking brake cable. This is a Euro W123 300D no AC...
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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver 1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone 1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy! 1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior  Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!
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#3
12-11-2011, 02:10 PM
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Yupp, its the drain for the AC evap box
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1985 300TD Turbo Euro-wagon 1979 280CE 225,200 miles 1985 300D Turbo 264,000 miles 1976 240D 190,000 miles 1979 300TD 220,000 GONE but not forgotten 1976 300D 195,300 miles 1983 300D Turbo 175,000 miles http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...e485-1-2-1.jpg
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12-11-2011, 03:07 PM
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Ahh, Thanks, AC drain, thats what I was hopping it was now i can plug it from the outside and be done with it, maybe my feet will be warmer also.
Army, that hole is right where that round brown spot is in your pic. Its in the center and half way up the 45+- degree part of the tunnel. Maybe the older style York system had the drain there and yours is later 123?, or never had AC being Euro?
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1985 Euro 240D 5 spd 140K 1979 240D 5 spd, 40K on engine rebuild 1994 Dodge/Cummins, 5 spd, 121K 1964 Allice Chalmers D15 tractor 2014 Kubota L3800 tractor 1964 VW bug "Lifes too short to drive a boring car"
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12-12-2011, 03:05 AM
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Quote:
Never had electric windows Never had cruise control That goes for the car and me too - I've never owned a car with "luxuries" - straw on the floor and chickens in the back - that's kind of my style.
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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver 1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone 1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy! 1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!
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12-12-2011, 10:27 AM
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I plugged the hole from the outside with a chunk of stainless pot scrubber.
That'll keep the little buggers out 
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1985 Euro 240D 5 spd 140K 1979 240D 5 spd, 40K on engine rebuild 1994 Dodge/Cummins, 5 spd, 121K 1964 Allice Chalmers D15 tractor 2014 Kubota L3800 tractor 1964 VW bug "Lifes too short to drive a boring car"
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