[W126 Coupe] A/C charge/conversion

[Tad Heckaman]

Yea, I was looking at them at first to get my car worked on, and then I
needed exhaust work done on my car. The owner of the muffler shop gave me
the number of the mechanic that I goto now.


Small world, I used to live in Sarasota, and now I live in Louisville. :-)




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

>

>  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.

>

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

> 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>

> > > >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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