They aren't the only game in the country, and the guy didn't want to go beyond part numbers in the opening dialog (which I didn't have), but enough calls should yeild a counter-jockey that has seen what you seek. If you find some, please turn the list onto your source.
The above was the first hit that I got on google from "mercedes dismantlers".
-K
Robin Giesbrecht <robings@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Yep I follow you. My thinking is that I am more likely to run across a MB than an Imperial in the junk yard.I found one already with the plastic body.
Robin Giesbrecht
>From: Dave Duricy >Reply-To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: Re: IML: auto temp II >Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2003 10:09:38 -0400 > >Robin, > >Just so that there is no confustion I want to mention that Mercedes with >AutoTemp did not come from the manufacturer with aluminum-bodied servos. >1976 through 1981 Mercedes AutoTemp servos are plastic just like those used >by Imperial from 1971 through 1973. > >Any Mercedes you find with an aluminum servo in a junkyard will have had >its servo replaced by the owner. This is an unlikely discovery, as the >aluminum servo is expensive, and easily transferred from car to
car. > >I know that if my '73 ever leaves me, the aluminum AutoTemp servo stays >right here! > >The Mercedes connection with the aluminum servo is that it was the Mercedes >enthusiasts who started the servo reporduction project. They were just as >tired as we were of servos bursting at the seams! > >Dave Duricy >http://www.duricy.com/~imperialist >1973 Imperial LeBaron >1968 Imperial Crown convertible > > > > >Robin Giesbrecht wrote: > >>Any details on putting in a manual control? It is regularly 90-100 F here >>during the summer and AC is real nice.I know these plastic bodies are the >>weak point and it will fail again. Got my eyes open at the auto wreckers >>for a MB with an aluminum servo. >> >>Robin Giesbrecht > > > > > >----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- >This message was sent to you by the I
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