dlevi03

At least that’s what my 7 year old son says. I just bought a 190e that was sitting in a driveway for 5 years and is very weathered. It runs great with only 104,430 miles and I got it for cheep. I have no misunderstandings about what I bought and expect this to be a project car. So far I have fixed all of the little dings, put on a new hood, changed the headlights to euros, the rims are out for powder coating and I will have it painted within the next couple of weeks. With a lot of work I plan bring this car back up to par.

Question one, I have never owned a MB so forgive my ignorance. Below is a picture of the engine and it looks like someone has bypassed a sensor. Can anyone tell me what it is for? OPPS WRONG PIC, I will post it tonight


Question two my air conditioner has a mind of its own and only blows air when it feels like it. sometimes no air at all other times full blast. I leave the knob on full blast all the time. Any Sug.?

dlevi03

Here is a pic of the car before we got drunk. You can not tell in the pic but the hood is damaged from someone standing or sitting on it so it was replaced.


This is the item I was curious about. It is to the left of the distributor at the front of the engine. If you look at the red thing with two prongs, then look to the right. Someone looped with a blue wire, the wire that should plug into the red thing. I assume this is to bypass a sensor but what sensor is this. If anyone could let me know I would appreciate it.

LeftCoastBias

did someone hold their hand over the hood in the "buttrock" symbol... while someone else spraypainted it like a stencel?

mctwin2kman

That is the fan temp sensor. It operates the clutch fan on a 2.3 and aux fan and will have those two prongs plus one more. If you have a 2.6 then it operates the aux fans and is two prong and the 2.6 has a viscous clutch fan on it. Bypassing on a 2.3 like that would engage the clutch fan always and you will hear it roar as your RPM's increase and be robbed of power as well.

dlevi03

Yes, that is a , what can I say we were really drunk.



I will try to plug the sensor back in but I assume they bypassed it for some lame reason (like the last owner was to cheep to fix the real problem).

Stiggs

Just curious....what do you plan on doing to this car? Keep us updated with pics. Good Luck!

LeftCoastBias

hahahaha


jesus i would never go anywhere near my car with a can of spray, even if i was replacing the hood.










(i'd take the hood off and go to the back alley, overspray scares me)

montreal_190e

look at the grill (in the 1st pic) lol
keep drinking!

LeftCoastBias

i just painted the egg crate to my grill today, and replaced one of the thin chrome strips...

i dont need one, but the dealer parts guy told me the frame is like 300 bucks!!!

dlevi03

I just got a new frame, insert, and set of emblems for about 160ish.

http://mercedes.thebenzbin.com/?year...ield22222.y=18

The car is still on stands, waiting for the wheels to come back from powder coat. I saw the first two wheels and they look very clean like they just rolled off the line. I plan on keeping the car as a daily driver so for know I just want to clean it up and keep it running. I am sure that will change as I get deeper into the project.

e320newbie

thats hard to see honestly...

LeftCoastBias

any updates?

CC190E

Everytime I see your car... it makes me regret not buying it on Ebay...

Aren't you sick of it yet? You know you want to sell it..