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Old 04-01-2010, 12:03 AM
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Originally Posted by fred1948 View Post
My foam drain hoses were disintegrated on my 1995 E320.
If the leak is bad enough in the evaporator, you will see some dye dripping off the drain hoses (provided they are functional).
My bet is that you need a new evaporator.
I removed the transmission, rebuilt it (my first auto rebuild), and reinstalled about 2 years ago.
I then replaced the evaporator. It was a lot of work removing the dash and everything involved. If I had the choice, I think that I would pick the transmission job over the evaporator replacement.

Having said that, I know that you can handle it. Just be prepared for a lot of hours inside your Benz.
Thanks everybody.

Fred -- Was it "fiddly" or more time-consuming? Upon reinstall did you have any issues fitting everything back in? Did anything NOT fit back in "quite" right? My only concern is upon re fitment because I understand 20 years in the sun is bound to have warped the plastics. I definitely want it to look like it had never came out.

I should be expected to replace -- Evap, Heater core, Drier?, Vac pods...anything else? I want to do the job right...$ is not so much of an issue since I will be doing it myself.
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