[W126 Coupe] A/C charge/conversion

[Tad Heckaman]

I found a mechanic in Jefffersonville,IN who used to work at Tafel. He did
some work on my car a few times. I might give him a call and see what he
would do to fix my A/C. I tried finding your old mechanic but didn't see
anything, but I may go by there and check again. My mechanic is called River
City Imports and works only on Mercedes.


Thanks.




On 4/2/07, jflyer2 at aim.com <jflyer2 at aim.com> wrote:

>

> Tad, I used to live in Lou. The mechanic I used was a former Tafel MB

> tech. He specialized in the older Benz, i.e. W126, 123, 124, 140, R107,

> 129. He was located at the corner of Highland Av. and Barret Av. (I used

> to live on Highland) I'm not sure if he's still around, but you could check.

> His name is Jim Barton. He did all my work on my 300SD I had at the time.

> Jay

> '91 560SEC

> Sarasota

>

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: douglash at gmail.com

> To: mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com

> Sent: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 9:40 PM

> Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] A/C charge/conversion

>

> I am in Louisville, KY. I guess I just assumed that R12 was banned. I did

> notice that the auto parts place had an R12 refill kit, so I assume that R12

> is still being sold somewhere.

>

> On 3/30/07, Axel Wulff <axelwulff at hotmail.com> wrote:

> >

> > Tad,

> >

> > Where are you located?

> >

> > R12 is available in most places in the US. Price depends on the location

> > and

> > regulations.

> >

> > I can get R12 here in Pennsylvania. Not cheap, but considerably less

> > expensive than a conversion (to R134 which does not work as well in our

> > systems which are designed for R12).

> >

> >

> >

> > Regards,

> > Axel J. Wulff

> > 610-731-5453 Cellular

> > 610-572-4611 Home

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > >From: "Tad Heckaman" < douglash at gmail.com>

> > >Reply-To: Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>

> > >To: "Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists" < mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>

> > >Subject: [W126 Coupe] A/C charge/conversion

> > >Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 20:37:11 -0400

> > >

> > >Well, its getting hot now a days, and I am noticing that the A/C is not

> > as

> > >cold as I think it should be. It does get cold, but nowhere near enough

> > to

> > >cool the cabin to a reasonable temp. I am assuming that it may need to

> > be

> > >'recharged'. However my car as not been converted to run on R134a. At

> > my

> > >local auto parts store, they had all the R134a cans and recharge kits,

> > and

> > >they had these conversion kits. Now I did a little searching on the

> > >archives

> > >(a lot of FIXING broken A/Cs, but didn't see much on recharging kinda

> > >working systems), but from what I can tell, I would need to make sure I

> > put

> > >in new compressor oil thats compatible with R134a, and replace a few

> > >components. Is this truly all I need to do, or would it be better for

> > me to

> > >just take my car to my mechanic and have this done? The guy at the

> > store

> > >mentioned that I would need to vacuum pump to suck all the old R12 out

> > of

> > >the car. I don't have one of those, assuming I really need to do that

> > >(sounds like a good idea).

> > >

> > >Whats the approved way of doing this? Drive to Mexico and purchase R12?

> > :-)

> > >

> > >Thanks,

> > >Tad

> > >

> > >--

> > >Tad Heckaman

> >

> >

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