[W126 Coupe] Center Vents AC Problem

[Dick Spellman]

Center Vents AC ProblemBarry:

The vacuum element (pod) you are looking for should be just inside the glove box opening and up to the left.  It has a single lever that attaches to a hidden door that simply diverts airflow to either the defrost vents or to the center vents.

Are you sure the linkages you are referring to that you accessed by removing the center vent Venetian blinds and then lifting the rubber surround are not for the opening and closing of the left side, right side, and center vent doors 'at the dash' using the manual slides that sit below the center Venetian blinds and directly above the center console switches???

I'd take another look around in side the glove box area and to the left then up.  At the very least the metal link that the pod operates will be visible.

Let us know what you find.

Dick
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Barry Sharp 
  To: mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 2:17 PM
  Subject: spam: [W126 Coupe] Center Vents AC Problem


  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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