On Sat, 9 May 2015 13:34:21 -0500 Curly McLain via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Since most of the 240D system is manual, thankfully, I am trying to > figure out what is missing if I just leave the HVAC vacuum system > unhooked. There is a flapper on the far right that is supposed to > pull in and close the flap with vacuum. The default leaves the far > right dash vent open. I don't see any problem with leaving that vent > open. I have not figured out what else the vacuum does. > > I have taken apart all I can without taking out the fronts seats and > the console, but I still don't see other vacuum connections or lines. > A green yellow tube runs under the windshield near the firewall just > under the window to the vacuum pod at the far right. Now that's odd. I have never heard of a vacuum pod on the right side of a 240D; all of the documentation I have makes no mention of it. If I didn't have so many things to do, I'd go out and look at our car. Craig ---------------------------------- Present: '82 240D/3.0 Bluebell 267 kmi (Still need to fix leaking oil pressure gauge and do something about the failed hood paint) '89 Chevrolet G20 Beauville Van (affectionately dubbed the BRV, the Big Red Van) Past: '95 E320 Sebastian 135 kmi RIP '94 E420 Oskar 127 kmi RIP '86 190E/2.3 '72 220/8 '64 190Dc Emma '72 220D/8 Herman 186 kmi -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: vac.gif Type: image/gif Size: 13207 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://mail.okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20150509/0394ff59/attachment.gif> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com