[W126 Coupe] AC Problem with 1983 380SEC

[Dawid Loubser]

Alright already! :-) A Niggle is a small complaint or problem, yes...
Now that we have 8 e-mails commenting on my word usage, could we have  
a similar
amount that comments on my "small complaint or problem" please!!

regards,
Dawid

P.S> Niggle is a form of the word  Niggardly, "to fuss about small  
matters"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niggle


On 20 Jul 2006, at 6:23 nm., David Fatovic wrote:

> Dawid, for all of us not from South Africa, what is a
> niggle?
>
> David
>
> --- Dawid Loubser <dawidl at solms.co.za> wrote:
>
>> Hi!
>>
>> On a related note, could I maybe ask somebody's
>> advice on my climate
>> control (1990 560SEC) ?
>> I have the "manual" climate control, i.e. has the
>> circular fan and
>> vent switches in
>> the middle, with temp selectors on the side, and I
>> tested it
>> yesterday, and overall it works great.
>>
>> i.e. I set it to 22ºC, fan full-blast, and I drove
>> with all the
>> windows down and sunroof open
>> (it's currently winter here, was around 6ºC). The
>> system blasted the
>> interiour with pleasant
>> hot air, trying to get it to 22º. I then closed all
>> the windows, and
>> of course things heated
>> up very quickly, to the point of being too warm. The
>> system quickly
>> blew some colder air to
>> equalise it, and in less than a minute, everything
>> was perfect (comfy
>> 22º). So it reacts correct
>> according to interiour temperature.
>>
>> However, the main (central) vents of my car almost
>> always emit semi-
>> cold air. If it's cold outside,
>> air from them are too cold (but the rest of the
>> vents compensate) and
>> if it's very hot (air conditioner
>> full blast) the air from the central vents aren't
>> nearly as cold as
>> form the top/bottom/side-defogging
>> vents. I typically just drive with the central vents
>> permanently
>> closed for this reason, but why would
>> the air form just them be different? Maybe a stuck
>> door or something?
>>
>> They thrust perfectly according to fan setting, so
>> it's just the
>> temperature that's never the same as
>> the rest of the vents. A minor niggle yes, but I'd
>> like to sort out
>> all my car's minor niggles :-)
>>
>> kind regards,
>> Dawid
>>
>>
>> On 20 Jul 2006, at 5:05 nm., David Fatovic wrote:
>>
>>> I would check the control unit itself.  Those are
>>> known to fail for various reasons.  One of them
>> being
>>> bad solder joints.
>>>
>>> David
>>>
>>> --- Kivendren Moodliyar <kivendren at telkomsa.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> When I put the Ac on the red light goes on for a
>>>> second then nothing
>>>> happens, I cant even get the vents in the middle
>> to
>>>> blow out.
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