[W126 Coupe] AC Problem with 1983 380SEC

[Kivendren Moodliyar]

Lets Compile a checklist for the Climate control, aircon and vent activation
for any SEC user. So what should I do first??

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-----Original Message-----
From: mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com [mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com]
On Behalf Of Dawid Loubser
Sent: 24 July 2006 08:44 AM
To: Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists
Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] AC Problem with 1983 380SEC

You're talking about the VW Golf's "Climate Control" ??
Or the SECs?

If it the Golf, it's because if doesn't have automatic climate  
control (duh)
and if it's your SEC, it's because one of about a hundred things went  
wrong,
I guess... Stuck vent/valve, air conditioning, broken temp sensor,  
broken pipe that
feeds air into the temp sensor, etc, etc. I'm no expert (yet) :-)


On 21 Jul 2006, at 6:25 nm., Kivendren Moodliyar wrote:

> Dawid you telling me about the cold air, I am driving my Citi Golf  
> due the
> extreme cost of petrol for running around with the 380. My Climate  
> control
> is setup the same as your but doesn’t respond to any changes  
> selected.. she
> just blows hot air all the time.
>
> My Central Vents aren’t even Emitting air at all.
>
> P.S be ready for the cold front on Sunday.
>
> I really think all those W126 fans out there should pay our beautiful
> country a visit.. O yes.... all our Sec Mercs are Right Hand drive.
>
> Food for thought: My idling speed relay was under the drivers  
> steering in
> the dash... I know all you guys have it behind the firewall in the  
> engine.
>
> Kindest Regards : Kivendren Moodliyar '83 380SEC
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com [mailto:mbcoupes- 
> bounces at mbcoupes.com]
> On Behalf Of Dawid Loubser
> Sent: 20 July 2006 05:29 PM
> To: Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists
> Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] AC Problem with 1983 380SEC
>
> 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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