[W126 Coupe] A/C charge/conversion

[jflyer2 at aim.com]

I'm not sure if Mr. Barton is still around since it was eight years ago that I moved here. Anyway, DO NOT take it to the import place across from Le Relais at Bowman Field. They work on a lot of different euro imports. I found they did a lot of unnecessary work and their parts and labor prices were very close to what the dealers charge.
 
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From: douglash at gmail.com
To: mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com
Sent: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 12:42 PM
Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] A/C charge/conversion


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>

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>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

>

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