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No silly question re: AC Evaporator
Just got halfway through just the photo sets for D. Morrison's DIY replacing evaporator in a W123 . This is at least 3rd time I've tried getting through just looking and reading the pictures that DM provides us for this job.
I am sure there are a few die hard DIY'ers who would attempt and complete this work, but just as D.M. cautions us to not bend the dash when removing it from the vehicle I started to think this. Here is my question: Is there any feasible way when your W123 evap springs that dreaded leak, to shortcut the job without having to remove the dash etc, by bypassing the stock evaporator at place in front of the firewall, and installing a new one in a not so hard to reach place like under the hood or anywhere else for that matter? ( I am guessing not due to connections but if there is a way to do this it would be revolutionary and save alot of Benz's from the scrap yards. ) Thanks, Austin
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The evaporator has to be between the blower and the dash vents. Relocating the evaporator means moving the blower to the new location and plumbing the downstream air to the dash vents, and moving the heater core so it's also in the blower path. You might consider an underdash AC evaporator from the '70s or a system for a hotrod. Keep the original system for heat... until the heater core leaks
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