I'm going crazy trying to find that evaporator temp sensor. I looked where you said but all I see are the wheel sensors.

 

NVM
Found it. I didn't realize the prong end went into the heater housing and was looking for it for hours lol. Swapped it out and added a can of freon (bringing level to 14). I'm freezing my a$$ off! Thanks for the info!

 

we gotta stick together and keep our $$$ out of the stealerships' pockets....

 

where did you buy this piece... also where is a good source of information to get part numbers for parts on an 00 CLK 430? Anywhere besides here?

 

WIS for work info, EPC for parts info. Both DVD's can be purchased from Ebay. Plenty of parts dealers out there but because my free time is limited I just went to the stealer and paid $74 for the sensor and $43 bucks each(ouch) for 2 cabin filters, one for CLK one for ML. The ML filter was downright funky, full of leaves and ****. Replacement boosted the a/c output about 35 percent. I suggest everyone check their cabin filters. You don't need to buy new ones either, they can be cleaned.

Heres a pic to help you locate part:



This was shot looking straight up and is what you would see laying on your back.

For orientation:
The yellow circle is the top of the accel. pedal arm.

The red circle is the part in question.

I had looked for hours trying to find this sensor.
Once I knew that the prong end went inside the heater housing it took 3 seconds to locate and 30 seconds to change.


From WIS I found out that the new replacement part is coated and should resist moisture damage, apparently the leading cause of failure. Be aware that the new part also looks somewhat different than the original as TresX stated