I would agree for the most part as a purist, however, I see the circulating pump as a time bomb which, if not fused to prevent potential damage to the rest of the system, I would easily replace wth a more reliable arrangement.
I noticed the circulating pump on the 400E has been disconnected. Hmm. -D > On Feb 14, 2018, at 10:31 AM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Another fix for something that isn’t broken. > > If you use a genuine MB monovalve insert, they work just find. In fact, > the climate control works exceptionally well when repaired correctly. That > is, it requires no adjustment at all by the user. > > I haven’t touched mine in weeks or months, except for pressing defrost a > few times. > > It’s a shame these kits are installed when the effort would be better > spendt on just making it work as designed. The cars have run for 30-40 > years with the original design, why change it now? > > Jaime > > > On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 10:17 AM Meade Dillon via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> >> http://www.klimakit.com/product/monovalve-and-coolant-circulator-pump-eliminator-upgrade-kit/ >> >> Anyone care to get this $100 kit and test it for us? >> >> I wonder how the vacuum controlled valve works (does it also have a rubber >> diaphragm inside that will eventually fail). >> ------------- >> Max >> Charleston SC >> _______________________________________ >> 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 >> >> -- > Jaime Kopchinski > http://www.jaimekop.com/ > _______________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
