M-B Head Recirculating Kit
Well unfortunately, here are the results:
I have been driving the car in heavy traffic conditions over the last couple of weeks in temperatures varying from the high 70s to the low 90s and the temperature needle still does the very same circus.
1- At highway speeds, the car temp remains at 180 no matter the speed at which I drive, which is anywhere between 30 and 80mph.
2- As soon as I enter the city though I have to watch the needle like a hawk. The temperature starts climbing towards 210 in seconds and will continue to climb to the red dot if I'm stuck for any lenght of time at a traffic light or simply waiting.
3- The only cure at this time is to keep the heater on in the car with the ventilator at full blast. This generally keeps the car at approximately 190 but also cooks me like a lobster.
In retrospec, I don't recommend the M-B kit to anyone unless you have tried everything else without any success. In fact, the car behaves a little better than last year but the addition was certainly not worth the $850 paid to the dealer.
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Originally posted by Michel MB280SL
Hi to All,
For any 280SL owner that is looking for the Mercedes "Head coolant recirculating kit", I have just had it installed on my 1970 280SL. What an adventure! As I unfortunately started out with the wrong part number, it took a long while and a lot of assistance from a parts manager at the local dealership to find it. So that you don't have to go through the same ordeal, here is the exact information.
The part number for the kit is now changed to 130-586-02-20 and is called a "Mounting set". The cost in Canada is $470.70 ($418.40US) and the dealer completed a neat installation in 3.1hrs.
I can't wait for the hot days of next summer to see the real results of this masterpiece of M-B engineering in traffic around town. At the moment, the temperature in Montreal is in the low 30s F and the car will be mothballed till May 07. I'll keep you posted on the progress in a couple of months.
