auto temp II

["Robin Giesbrecht" <robings@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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 <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
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>Subject: Re: IML: auto temp II
>Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2003 10:09:38 -0400
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>Robin,
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>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.
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>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.
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>I know that if my '73 ever leaves me, the aluminum AutoTemp servo stays 
>right here!
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>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
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>Robin Giesbrecht wrote:
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>>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.
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>>Robin Giesbrecht
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