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