How fuck is the AC on older cars like this e class? Cuz you know.... a car is nothing without it

W201 anon here. On my 190E's AC system the electric fans hardly turn on, I had to bypass the pressure switch to make them run 24/7. It's easy and fixes most of my complaints about the AC going warm in traffic. The blend doors are all vacuum pods on the W201 and also the W124 if I am not mistaken. Some of them are available, but honestly just plug the dead parts of the system. Diagnosing dead pods is really easy with a hand vacuum pump.

This is assuming you are talking about an M103 powered car (Mine is a 2.6 5MT), and a USDM model. Euro cars have manual HVAC which simplifies things tremendously, and no it's not possible to swap it into a US car, believe me I would if I could.

>>28476698
tldr: they are useless in the summer

>that paintjob
Someone paid BIG money to import a limp noodle 20th hand worn out ex-taxi around the globe that had 20 years of service and then gangbanged by various easteuropeans for years.
Probably +900k miles on the rewound odo.
Ignorance is bliss.

>>28476715
imagine the skinflakes diversity inside and decades worth of dried puke from the taxi years

>>28476708
I'm in Florida, it works fine.

>>28476673 (OP)
put one of these in the passenger seat so it blows cold air at you, easy

>>28476673 (OP)
>AC on older cars like this e class
Depending on your country, quite possibly non-existing, especially if you have the sunroof.
Mine was not a cheap model (300CE) and just doesn't have one.

>>28476673 (OP)
Old R12 systems are the shit. Can be filled with propane (r600) instead if you don't want to pay hundreds for r12.
Converted r12-->r134a systems are typically hot (and) garbage, avoid if possible.
Older stock r134a systems (mid 1990's) are fine.
Of course, all of these systems are 30+ years old and will most certainly be on their way out even if you paid top dollar; always budget for an AC overhaul

>>28478980
>Converted r12-->r134a
To add: it's possible to un-convert them, it's just the schrader valves typically, though some go the extra mile and change out hoses/compressor etc. Change them back if this is the case.

>>28476673 (OP)
I have an R129 and it’s icy cold, I love it. Mercedes didn’t fuck around back then.

>>28478980
Fun fact: estate sales sell r12 for cheap. I picked up 7 cans for $10 and plan on not using them at all.

>>28479022
Based. I hoard a can for shitsbans giggles but if my system goes out, I'm removing it.

Btw. Toyota's r12 systems seem to last over 30 years untouched. I've had several that work(ed) great.

>>28476673 (OP)
I have a 2003 Park Avenue and the AC still works fine, even to potency not lacking till it gets above 115 F. That is if I recharge it about every May, I drive with a cabin at 73F almost always

>>28479157
*It got about 95 in the shade recently near me, about 110 in the cabin, and yet got it down to about 80 in literally three minutes of fast idling.