Thanks Bobby Yates Emory (great name! bound to be Southern}
Ground under my turbo coupe dryer than the Texas sand after AC has run for any length of time. No question Bobby, she is holding water. Thanks for the suggestion, sounds like you are right. Now, if Nate would tell me where the damn drain tube is located!
Chip
Hurting but Happy in Houston
--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, Bobby Yates Emory <liberty1@...> wrote:
>
> Chip,
>
> From reading the posts - one likely source is the drain for the sunroof. If
> you open the sunroof, I think the drain is in the each front corner. You
> could pour a little water in them and see if it comes out the bottom of the
> car. I think the outlet is behind the front wheel and an inch or so in.
>
> If someone knows more about this, please chime in.
>
> On most cars, the A/C condensate drain comes out underneath about underneath
> the passenger's left foot. This is the easiest thing to check in Houston -
> crank up the car, turn on the A/C, and come back in five minutes. If there
> is a puddle under the car, the A/C drain is OK. If no puddle, fix the A/C
> drain.
>
> Good luck.
>
> (I have a 300CD also, but mine is not turbo. It is still in N.C. The DPO
> removed the floor mats, so I assume I have the same problem. My A/C does
> not work, so I don't think that is my problem. Sooner or later, I will be
> tracing those sunroof drains.)
>
> Please let us know what you find - the rest of us need to know - including
> what didn't work.
>
> Bobby
>
> On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 9:07 PM, Chip <czulli@...> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > OK. She's home. After a years trial separation I'm back in babies arms. My
> > 300cd turbo coupe sits in my home in Houston. She was driven out her from
> > the outer banks of NC by a girl friend and has arrived safe and sound after
> > a 2 day trip through the deep south.
> >
> > No events, low power on take off, but she has been free from the chains of
> > bondage of a shade tree trying to fix her AC and pulling her dash right out
> > by the vacuum lines.
> >
> > So, here is the first hurt. The AC ran all through the south-land and keep
> > everything and everyone cool, coming through heat and humidity that old
> > scratch would be proud of. No AC out of the center vents. But no biggie on
> > that front (put I'll take how to fixes on that) just as soon as I extricate
> > Lake Pontchartrain from my passenger side back seat well.
> > Where the hell did that water come from and how did it get way back there.
> >
> > Answers please.
> >
> > Chip
> > In Houston, happy to have her back, even with the lake.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Toward freedom,
>
> Bobby Yates Emory
>
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