[W126 Coupe] Center Vents AC Problem

[Barry Sharp]

The centre vents on my 1989 560SEC do not work at all, so I gear myself up
for the major strip down.  I remove the glove box liner (Thank you, Dick)
and check out the two vacuum pods.  They look good and seem to work.  OK,
back to the centre ones.  Remove the centre "venetian blinds" (Thank you,
Tom), curse lots and eventually succeed. Push aside the rubber shroud
and...nothing to be seen.  No vacuum pod.   The center lever under the
centre vents is not actually connected to anything.  I can see a tab on the
flap that controls the airflow to the defrost vents, and I can move the flap
manually.  My questions are:

1.  What items are missing that connect the middle lever to the tab on the
airflow flap?
2.  Where/how does the centre (missing) pod physically attach to the car.
3.  Where the &$&^# are the vacuum lines that go to the missing pod?
4.  Where can I get the correctly coloured vacuum lines?
5.  Where can I find the moron who disassembled everything and did not put
it ALL back together? 

Cheers.....Barry

1989 560 SEC Euro  96,000km



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