[W126 Coupe] A/C charge/conversion

[Axel Wulff]

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

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>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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