Could be. However, the changes introduced in '77 are listed as - * Catalytic converters moved downstream. Catalytic converters moved back beneath the floor * Climate-control system introduced (Type 1) * Battery moved to trunk "
I would think that if ACC was offered as an option, and required moving the battery to the trunk, that they'd install the battery in the trunk for all the 107s regardless whether ACC was ordered/installed or not. Probably an combination of both. Moving the battery to get away from the heat doesn't make sense at the same time that the cat was moved to reduce the heat. We all know that MB does not make changes only at the beginning of a new model year, so it's likely that the changes listed as occurring in '77 didn't happen all at once. Does your '76 still have the CATs under the exhaust manifolds? Yes - under the hood the SL and SLC are the same - I did not find a single instance of documentation that discriminated between the two while rebuilding and replacing the engine in my SLC. FYI - I now have a '76 block and heads, with most everything else being '78 in a '78 chassis. On 6/4/06, Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The battery was moved to the trunk to make room for the ACC servo > (that we all love). I disagree. Our '76 SL, for example has the rear battery and no ACC at all. I maintain that the battery was driven to the rear by the underhood heat issues of the early underhood catalytic converters (in 75 and 76). Early SL's have the battery under the hood in that spot. I don't know that much about SLC's except that they are fat SL's. (Well, long and tall anyhow.) I would think that underhood they would be identical to the same-year SL's. -- Jim
-- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK "The Americans will always do the right thing... after they've exhausted all the alternatives." Sir Winston Churchill '90 300D, '87 300SDL, '81 240D, '78 450SLC, '97 Ply Grand Voyager
