[W126 Coupe] Re: Refrigerant info

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R-12 seems to sell on eBay for $15. and up per can.
John
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "a figment of the imagination" <figstir at yahoo.com>
To: "Richard Hogarth" <R_Hogarth at Foundrycove.com>; "'Mercedes Coupes Mailing 
Lists'" <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 3:11 AM
Subject: [W126 Coupe] Re: Refrigerant info


>
> Richard et al.:
>
> Now that I have read through all your links and become
> throughly versed in physical chemistry, HVAC, and am
> ready sit for examinations for a mechanical
> engineering degree and HVAC license, I'm thoroughly
> con-fuzed... :(
>
> I'm not sure whether to switch to R134a or stay with
> R12.
>
> I don't know who's side is truly correct, because I've
> read arguments on both sides that are plausible and
> some as well a bit specious, perhaps?
>
> Sadly though, all of this translates as me still
> roasting in my black SEC with tinted windows.  That
> means damp and sticky work clothes...in near 100+ F
> temps....and the embarrassment of wearing a "wet one"
> after getting out of a simply badd ass look'n SEC
> machine...Oh, "the horror....the horror", as Marlon
> Brando (Kurtz) plainly put it.
>
> So, even though several of you have successfully
> converted to R134a, either the swiss-cheesed savants
> are totally right, totally wrong, somewhere in
> between, or totally passing gas---it's simply more hot
> air, that's fryin my pan, burning my bacon and
> roasting my nuts.
>
> shivers.  (i wish)  it seems better to cook with spam
> for the next two months, with the hopes of shelling
> out 3 cans X $50-75/can of R12 = $150 to $225 to keep
> me cool and in the shade.  (Thank gawd, mom has a HVAC
> license and can get R12....geez louise???)
>
> Then, can we unanimously conclude it's just better to
> stick with R12?
>
> Or, really, where's the beef with the R134a?
>
>
>
> Someone please tell me I'm not going crazy from the
> heat....
>
> What's the final verdict for SEC owners who plan to
> keep their cars for the long haul without burnin up
> the A/C oil and compressor, clogging the system,
> etc...galore...and gored...?
>
>
> Help!
>
>
> Thank ya, man!
>
>
> -figment of great misfortune in too much dmn heat.
>
>
>
>
>
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