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Super excited to be a new entrant to R129 ownership.
I purchased this 2000 500SL this week as a long term ownership project. I've been seeking a quirky color SL for ages. & here is it is.
This forum is so awesome & I've done loads a searches & reading.
Curious if anyone knows the answer to this? Any help appreciated :-)
Under the hood the Green vacuum line connector has broken.
Anyone know what that line & the unit does?
Looks like maybe 2 lines at the bottom of the unit have become detached. I can only see the 1 green line.
I can't find the vacuum line connecters anywhere.
This is the closest part number I could find 2028000253.
There is a cable in the same area of the engine bay, but I can't for the life of me see if it is supposed to plug into something,
Maybe someone can supply a diagram of those lines. No idea why it would be cut you may have to remove some covers to get to the other piece if so I would splice it other wise follow to the end point, Gotta take a lot apart so pictures and keep track of all the parts. Next time it's a lot easer.
Designo Slate Blue is quite rare and was only offered model year 2000+ (when sales of R129 were lagging) to try and juice the numbers a bit. They offered another Designo edition in Black with black/red interior.
Bill Gates was famously reported to have owned the SL500 in this color.
If I had to guess, there are maybe a few dozen SL500s in Designo Slate Blue and perhaps fewer than 10 SL600s.
Good luck with the repair and enjoy her in good health!
In the BaT listing, a commenter mentioned that only 129 R129s came in that interior color combo. I'd hazard a guess that 100 were SL500 and 29 were SL600.
Last edited by Sandy Eggo; Jan 16, 2023 at 01:54 PM.
Hi,
Neither of those. It was so random. My mechanics customer wanted to sell it here on Oahu. So it worked out really well.
It needs some stuff :-) I'm just prioritizing for a long term of ownership. around 87k miles.
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