[W126 Coupe] Re: Refrigerant info

[airedale at sbcglobal.net]

I got what I paid for at about $28. per can, look at the persons feedback. 
Keep in mind you need a certification to buy it from a dealer but some will 
offer you a "on the spot" certification, I happen to have one.
John
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From: "Gary Green" <Gary at EverGreen-Systems.COM>
To: "'Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists'" <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 8:08 AM
Subject: RE: [W126 Coupe] Re: Refrigerant info


>I see those "auctions" all the time.  My question is, are they legit? (in
> the sense that an auction winner actually receives what they paid for).  I
> need a couple of cans for my 93 Suburban but am hesitant to "bid".
>
> Anyone have any thoughts?
>
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> On Behalf Of airedale at sbcglobal.net
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> To: figstir at yahoo.com; Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists
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>
> R-12 seems to sell on eBay for $15. and up per can.
> John
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> 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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